Prop 1A

In California, it seems that we voters love to pass ballot propositions that cost us money. Lots of money. While I voted against every proposition that that wanted to raise taxes or sell bonds to raise money, which we eventually have to repay, a lot of my fellow Californians did not.

A familiar refrain from the left is that we shouldn't be cutting taxes when we're in a war. Forget the fact that cutting taxes has actually led to more revenue being taken in by the federal government, let's just take their argument at face value and say fine, we shouldn't be cutting taxes when we're in a war.

So, for all you lefties out there, here's my question to you. Should we be spending more money when the state of California is broke and already running a deficit for next year? Isn't that counter productive?

Look at Prop 1A. We're spending money for a high speed train between San Francisco and Los Angeles that will not be operable for something like 15 years.

And since Measure K failed, which would have legalized prostitution in San Francisco, please explain we need a high speed train to San Francisco?