The most recent excitement of hitting 3,000 pages seems to have lulled some of us into a state of complacency but that's still considerably better than being in the state of California.
High sales tax, high income tax, high capital gains tax, the highest gasoline taxes in the nation, the second-highest high-school dropout rate in the nation, corrupt politicians, outrageous pay raises and pensions being given to government workers, plus free [read: "taxpayer-funded"] education and healthcare being given to illegal immigrants---California is no longer "the golden state."