Overall, on a per capita basis, the state is ranked as having the 6th highest tax rate in the nation by the Tax Foundation (10.5%) [1]. Most California voters

Overall, on a per capita basis, the state is ranked as having the 6th highest tax rate in the nation by the Tax Foundation (10.5%) [1]. Most California voters apparently want it both ways: spend a lot on services, public employees, prisons and the rest without raising enough money to pay for them. Almost nobody seems to care that this is completely unsustainable. Oh, and our next governor? Yeah, it either Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown, who already proved how ineffectual he is a governor, not to mention as mayor of Oakland, which has now gone completely to crap, or Meg Whitman who may have her heart in the right place but seems completely unprepared. Sorry, as someone who has lived my entire life in California, I find this situation extremely frustrating. [1] http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/15.html http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/15.html