[cardcrimson]

What specific actions do you think California should be taking?  And, where should the money for said actions come from, as the state can't deficit spend, and tax revenue are about to collapse? 

These kinds of general criticisms are not useful.  If you have specifics, then please share.  I've been explicit in my criticisms of the federal response as to exactly what they have not been doing.

I was replying to this comment: "Friends of friends work at UCSF and they have been preparing for this for weeks; they simply lack critical equipment and infrastructures that neither the city nor state of California can singlehandedly provide."

California has the highest tax revenues of any state in the union: $175 billion in 2018, nearly twice that of the number two state, New York collecting $88 billion. I wasn't criticizing anything, I was simply wondering why the state can't provide the required infrastructure or critical equipment. Where is the money going? Certainly not to the roads or schools, or in this case, the healthcare system. . . .

https://www.taxadmin.org/2018-state-tax-revenue

With all due respect, the stats you cite are specious with regards to your underlying inquiry. The question is the tax impact on a per capita basis, not the total quantity of revenue generated. After all, more people, more sick, more hospital beds needed, etc. 

And the data you link to indicates that California taxes its citizens at the 10th highest rate of overall personal income, at 7.4%; states like Arkansas, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Delaware rank higher; Mississippi is 11th; Washington is 26th. 

As for where does it go, according to California's 2020-21 budget, from general revenue funds of $151b, $59b goes to K-12 Education, $47b goes to Health and Human Services, and $17b goes to higher education. So it seems like quite a bit does in fact go to schools and the healthcare system. Transportation is not funded from general revenue funds, but in terms of total state funds, transportation accounts for 8.5% of the state's overall $222b in revenue from all sources; Health and Human services get 32.1%; K-12 Ed gets 27.8%, and Higher Ed gets 8.2%.

If the anti-anti-federalists amongst us would like to create a "Upsetting lack of state response" thread, please go for it. But it seems like this is thread hijacking with no obvious purpose.

With all due respect, it's not worth arguing. California has twice the budget of any other state, and as a result we have crappy schools, crappy roads, and a healthcare system that apparently isn't prepared for a pandemic and can't, allegedly, keep valuable life saving supplies locked up.

And you're right, it is thread hijacking with no obvious purpose. Continue on. Blame the federal government all you want.

[cardcrimson]

What specific actions do you think California should be taking?  And, where should the money for said actions come from, as the state can't deficit spend, and tax revenue are about to collapse? 

These kinds of general criticisms are not useful.  If you have specifics, then please share.  I've been explicit in my criticisms of the federal response as to exactly what they have not been doing.

I was replying to this comment: "Friends of friends work at UCSF and they have been preparing for this for weeks; they simply lack critical equipment and infrastructures that neither the city nor state of California can singlehandedly provide."

California has the highest tax revenues of any state in the union: $175 billion in 2018, nearly twice that of the number two state, New York collecting $88 billion. I wasn't criticizing anything, I was simply wondering why the state can't provide the required infrastructure or critical equipment. Where is the money going? Certainly not to the roads or schools, or in this case, the healthcare system. . . .

https://www.taxadmin.org/2018-state-tax-revenue

With all due respect, the stats you cite are specious with regards to your underlying inquiry. The question is the tax impact on a per capita basis, not the total quantity of revenue generated. After all, more people, more sick, more hospital beds needed, etc. 

And the data you link to indicates that California taxes its citizens at the 10th highest rate of overall personal income, at 7.4%; states like Arkansas, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Delaware rank higher; Mississippi is 11th; Washington is 26th. 

As for where does it go, according to California's 2020-21 budget, from general revenue funds of $151b, $59b goes to K-12 Education, $47b goes to Health and Human Services, and $17b goes to higher education. So it seems like quite a bit does in fact go to schools and the healthcare system. Transportation is not funded from general revenue funds, but in terms of total state funds, transportation accounts for 8.5% of the state's overall $222b in revenue from all sources; Health and Human services get 32.1%; K-12 Ed gets 27.8%, and Higher Ed gets 8.2%.

If the anti-anti-federalists amongst us would like to create a "Upsetting lack of state response" thread, please go for it. But it seems like this is thread hijacking with no obvious purpose.

With all due respect, it's not worth arguing. California has twice the budget of any other state, and as a result we have crappy schools, crappy roads, and a healthcare system that apparently isn't prepared for a pandemic and can't, allegedly, keep valuable life saving supplies locked up.

And you're right, it is thread hijacking with no obvious purpose. Continue on. Blame the federal government all you want.