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The state was rolling in so much wealth that voters did not really care about government fiscal responsibility.

Now there are so many benefitting from or dependent upon the government that this downward spiral cannot end until the various beneficiary groups turn on one another because the state simply cannot raise enough revenue to keep the Ponzi game afloat.

Newsom is blameless because he is merely a politician who is just riding the tide.