[gbiddulph]

I know I said I was going to shut up, but I just can\'t help myself.

97fan and washingtonismoney, here is my prediction:

Jerry Brown will make a lot of noise about being a fiscal conservative, but at the end of the day he will sign bills that substantially raise taxes in California.   Meanwhile, Perry in TX will not substantially raise taxes in Texas.  Both states have deficits that are in the same range, more than $20 billion.

I predict that in four years Perry\'s plan -- not raising taxes -- will cause Texas to continue to boom.  I predict that Brown\'s plan -- raising taxes -- will cause California to continue to stagnate.  California\'s unemployment will continue to be at least three -- and probably four points -- above Texas.  I predict net state out-migration -- which as been 1 million-plus people in the last decade for California -- will continue.  I also predict that state GDP will grow more in Texas than in California.

Care to make a gentleman\'s bet on this issue (given this is a sports site)?

Before you do, you may want to read a document call "Rich States, Poor States."  You can google it and download the PDF.  Very interesting reading.

Bets are off if Jerry Brown pulls a "Nixon goes to China" and actually vetoes tax increases.  If he does that, California will rescue itself.  But that will also mean brobdingnagian cuts in public education, which will mean more suffering for Kal, UCLA, etc.

[gbiddulph]

I know I said I was going to shut up, but I just can\'t help myself.

97fan and washingtonismoney, here is my prediction:

Jerry Brown will make a lot of noise about being a fiscal conservative, but at the end of the day he will sign bills that substantially raise taxes in California.   Meanwhile, Perry in TX will not substantially raise taxes in Texas.  Both states have deficits that are in the same range, more than $20 billion.

I predict that in four years Perry\'s plan -- not raising taxes -- will cause Texas to continue to boom.  I predict that Brown\'s plan -- raising taxes -- will cause California to continue to stagnate.  California\'s unemployment will continue to be at least three -- and probably four points -- above Texas.  I predict net state out-migration -- which as been 1 million-plus people in the last decade for California -- will continue.  I also predict that state GDP will grow more in Texas than in California.

Care to make a gentleman\'s bet on this issue (given this is a sports site)?

Before you do, you may want to read a document call "Rich States, Poor States."  You can google it and download the PDF.  Very interesting reading.

Bets are off if Jerry Brown pulls a "Nixon goes to China" and actually vetoes tax increases.  If he does that, California will rescue itself.  But that will also mean brobdingnagian cuts in public education, which will mean more suffering for Kal, UCLA, etc.