> What people expect out of government services also rises roughly with GDP While true, that's not a factor over a short period of time. Seriously - do you re

> What people expect out of government services also rises roughly with GDP While true, that's not a factor over a short period of time. Seriously - do you really think that our expectations of state govt changed by 20% over a couple of years? CA's govt spending exploded with the economy because it could. We're now in trouble because we don't seem to be able to contract it the same way.