California is sooo "BROKE AND BUSTED",,,the press and media are afraid to talk about it,,,so are the STATE UNIVERSITIES !!

In the late 1930s my Mom paid $26/semester ,,,or $52/yr for tuition at UCLA,,,That is $108 in tuition for four years of the highest education in California at the time. Books were additional , but her family lumber yard business meant they did not suffer in the Depression, unlike her husband's family farm repossessed by Bank of America.

My lazy blonde sister went to UCBerkeley in the 1970s and paid $125 /quarter . That would be $375 tuition for 3 quarters, with the summer off to go to Europe.

In 1966-1970 I paid $50/semester or $400 for 4 years tuition at the average education institution of San Jose State College(now "university",which it is not,such a joke,,,a pig is still a pig,,,even if you call it a 'sow',,,). Books were much much more expensive ,since we were annually ripped off by the private company of 'Roberts Books'. SJSU still,,,in Silicon Valley,,,does not have a big eTextbook program run by the U. or Student Union...

What does all this mean, now that UCBerkeley is charging $10,000/yr and wants to charge more ? The Republicans have won and 'pubic education' sells to the highest bidder, there is little regard for the pubic good in a well-educated electorate, and we can refuse California residents who qualify in favor of foreigners and out-of-staters who can be charged more,,,

"Market economy" and Market State Legislature,,,we let the state lawmakers sell themselves to the highest bidder,,,and now we the public, the residents, the voters are reaping the destruction of that stupid idea.

California is broke, our State government is busted, and there is not rescue or hope on the horizon,,,The Feds won't save us,,,The Democrats and the no-plan just obstruct and lie Republicans certainly won't save us,,,Maybe the Green Party should formulate and discuss publically a plan. Otherwise California will continue to be the laughing stock of the US of A for public stupidity in Deregulating home energy with Republican Governor Grey Davis(we did at least kick his sorry-ass out of office!!), the then self-inflicted Enron debacle that CalPers was stupid enough to invest in and lost the State Pension millions, and the voters wisely took away the corrupting gerrymandering of guaranteed districts drawn by legislators only to have the State Government drive the State Budget over a cliff and Bankrupt the State of California.

Could it get any worse in California? Oh, we could elect another Republican Governor who is primarily concerned with 'helping businesses in the state' ,,,versus helping all of us in the state,,,