One classic definition of insanity is repetitious application of a "solution" that has not worked on any previous application.
As we see our economy deteriorate, largely due to poor credit decisions by businesses as well as individuals, our state Legislature wants to continue spending money that does not exist. The "solution?" Tax the same people who are already struggling so they have less to spend. This will obviously mean less buying, more failing businesses and a shrinking tax base.
This grand "solution" comes from those whose salaries, benefits and perks continue regardless of their impractical proposals.
There is only one long-term solution to budget problems. It is the same one that the average citizen is forced to use: Stop spending and learn to live on what you have.
California has always prided itself on being on the leading edge. It is time for senators and assemblymen to become real leaders and apply a simple but effective solution:
Don't spend what you don't have.
-- Ron Goldsborough, Camarillo