I've found the way California does its voting and budgets completely crazy. The people vote for popular programs and leave it to someone else to finance it. Now

I've found the way California does its voting and budgets completely crazy. The people vote for popular programs and leave it to someone else to finance it. Now they find out they are out of finance options. Can't tax cigarettes, people aren't smoking enough. Can't tax gas, it's already too high. Can't tax property, don't even bother touching my paycheck. The easiest place to gain money are either too small in number (realistically, how much would you gain by taxing he rich and additional 1%, not) or too vulnerable to sales tax increase (the poor). Also since the state is the largest employer (lots of voters there) they can't touch pensions.