Sob stories in my home town

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Governor Jerry Brown's $12.5 billion package of budget cuts will touch thousands of people in the Central Valley alone.
The plan led to a plea for help from the people who could lose their livelihoods.
"Let's put the oil severance tax back on the table," they screamed from outside the state building in downtown Fresno.
They're asking the governor to search for new revenue sources, instead of cutting social services.  Brown has already put some tax increases on the table, but the activists want more taxes -- mainly targeting highly profitable corporations.

The politicians, Jerry Brown one of them, have lied to these people over the years. In my neighborhood alone, almost 1/2 of the income comes from government checks, and this is median middle class.