A column on today's Orange County Register op-ed pages argues that California's budget crisis could be solved by putting it up to a vote of the people. They could be presented with alternatives -- say a tax increase or a spending cut. The people could vote for one or the other and the winning strategy would be employed to break the deadlock.
It's a dumb idea. Voters would be pleased to increase someone else's taxes, just not their own. Or to cut someone else's favorite governmental program, just not their own. TV ads would misrepresent the issues. Voters would get confused. It makes no sense.
In the November 4th election, despite an $11 billion budget shortfall (and growing), California's voters approved a $10 billion bond issue for a high speed rail line connecting northern and southern California. Why would we expect better judgement from voters in the future?
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