I am concerned about the negative knee-jerk reaction Californians have to taxes when the Californian people keep voting for expensive government programs. The California state budget is in shambles. It does not help the crisis that the reaction to the deficit is to cut education and police funding. It is in the state’s best interest to increase the education budget. More educated people are more likely to have higher income, more money to tax and are less likely to commit crimes — therefore, less strain on the already overloaded prison system. California has to fix the problems it has before adding fancytops and programs.