Democratic Lt. Governor; former Candidate for CA Governor
Infrastructure and education are equally important
Let's not romanticize about those days of Brown and even Reagan. I mean, that cost money. We haven't built a new university in California in 35 years. That's not keeping up with growth in terms of our higher education.
We're not keeping pace with our transportation, we're not keeping pace with so many other things that we need in California. But all that costs money.
And back then, let's not romanticize it, because back then they raised taxes to get those things. They knew that they had to make an investment in our future. We agree that we need to build more infrastructure.
At least we agree with that, but we need to also make sure that we build it and we don't it in a way that says we're going to think about something else.
Source: Recall Debate, Cal. State Univ. at Sacramento
Sep 24, 2003
