Another DAMNED tax-and-spend Democrat! Oh, wait...

[Statistikhengst]

California Governor Brown announces 113 billion budget for 2015-16 Reuters

California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Friday released his 2015-16 state budget, calling for $113 billion in proposed general fund spending, up just 1.4 percent from the year before despite the state's substantial economic recovery.

Brown, a fiscal moderate whose tight-fisted policies helped stabilize state finances, proposed modest increases in spending on public schools and for health and human services, but tightened the budget for some departments.

"We have a carefully balanced budget - more precarious than I would like," Brown said. "It's not a time for exuberant overkill."

Brown stuck to his plan to increase funding for the University of California by 4 percent, but only if the system agreed to freeze tuition. The move was a step in an ongoing fight with University President Janet Napolitano, who has demanded that Brown double the funding increase for the system and plans to raise tuition if he does not....

Those damned Liberals!! Why, they can be downright---- Conservative!