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> California policy makers must assess the risk that California resident taxpayers simply lose their willingness to support these institutions or to support tax
by hackuser 11y ago
> California policy makers must assess the risk that California resident taxpayers simply lose their willingness to support these institutions or to support tax increases to support these institutions.
The problem is the reverse: Taxpayers in many states, including CA IIRC, have been cutting funding to higher education. They want "smaller government" and tax cuts.
As a result, the universities have to find other sources of income, including higher tuition and more out-of-state and foreign students.
- HillaryBriss 11y agoYeah, I guess it depends on how you account for spending and the will of the voter base. California's governor has indeed proposed increased funding in recent years: "Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposed state budget at a press conference in Sacramento on Thursday, providing about $350 million to the UC system in additional funding for the 2016-17 fiscal year." http://www.dailycal.org/2016/01/12/gov-browns-2016-17-budget-proposal-ensures-increased-funding-uc/ http://www.dailycal.org/2016/01/12/gov-browns-2016-17-budget...