California's Floundering Legislature

California Medical Woes:

Although experts have not determined the likely extent of doctors’ unwillingness to treat Medi-Cal patients, California lawmakers have begun to brace for the worst: a substantial budgetary increase that will not be covered by the federal government.
Instead, the higher health tab may have to be absorbed by increased taxes, cuts in other budget areas, or both.

Now, wait a minute.  Just about everyone with an ounce of honesty and a bit of intelligence has been bracing for this moment, which leaves out Kevin Drum and Brad Delong.  So do not tell me that the news of a Floundering, Idiotic California legislature is discovered. We knew it, they knew it, Jerry Brown knew it, and Nancy Pelosi knew it.  We saw it when the fat slob Ted Kennedy swooned us with No Child Left Behind.  We knew it when we had LBJ and the carpet bombing. We knew it when we had Krugman and 'debt we owe to ourselves'. We knew it when we had Gray Davis and the energy price controls and the bogus pension graft. And we knew it when Jerry Brown called it some minor budget adjustments. We knew it when Jim Costa came home with the bogus Choo Choo.  We knew it all, it never was a secret, a discovery.

We all knew it, except some fools over at UC Berkeley, so I suggest you go and cut the UC budget until they begin showing a little honesty, or perhaps they might hire a little intelligence.

For the rest of the USA here are some facts:

California is the largest economy in North America
California  is home to 12.5% of the US population
California is the major port of entry for Asian trade in North America.
California is the largest Spanish speaking economy in the world.
California ports carry almost 50% of US import/export volume.