We Have Met The Enemy--And It Is Us

Michael Finnegan, of the Los Angeles Times, offers this analysis. Here's the most interesting quote: "The public's contradictory impulses were laid bare by a recent Field Poll. It found that voters oppose cutbacks in 10 of 12 major categories of state spending, including the biggest, education and healthcare. Yet most voters were unwilling to have their own taxes increased, and they overwhelmingly favored keeping the two-thirds requirement for tax hikes."