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Don't forget California also has one of the higher population growths rates in the country. There's still no serious long-term plan for how California is going

Don't forget California also has one of the higher population growths rates in the country. There's still no serious long-term plan for how California is going to handle droughts in the future proposed by any lawmakers, and the gridlock between farmers v population centers, norcal v socal will continue. But we did vote for a $64 billion high-speed rail project that will probably end up costing $100+ when all is said and done. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/13/confidential-report-california-bullet-train-could-cost-billions-more-than-expected/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/13/confidential-report-ca...

ac29 10y ago
$100B isnt really all that much as compared to California's GSP of $2.5T [0]. The US spent, percentage wise, quite a bit more on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: $2.4T [1] out of $18.6T GDP [2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War [2] https://bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm https://bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- knowaveragejoe 10y ago
  GDP isn't the amount of money the government has sitting around to invest, though.