"The folks at the top have to pay their fair share. The folks at the bottom have to pay something and the people being squeezed in the middle need some relief from the car tax and college fees." -- California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante discussing his tax plan.

It sounds to me like Bustamante wants to raise taxes on the "rich", and the "poor" while giving the middle class some tax relief. I don't think he's going to cover much of the $38 Billion deficit by raising taxes on the poor. He can raise taxes on the "rich" but that's only going to drive them deeper into a recession as more people flee the state.

Come to think of it, I cannot come up with a single good reason to move to California. Unless I were offered the job of a lifetime, there is no way in hell I'd ever move out there. Between the smog, the traffic, the stifling taxes, and the insane gun laws I just don't see the appeal. Not to mention natural disasters such as fires, floods, mudslides, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and drought. My guess is that the reason many people live there is because either they were born there or they have family they don't want to leave behind.