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Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by trimbo on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:26PM (#29997814)
That's ~5% of the state budget, and primarily financed by the gas tax, not the income tax. (Large projects funded with bonds)

Source: https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innov...

Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:29PM (#29997863)
There is no purpose to delineating government revenues since money is fungible.

Even though legislators might label or apportion some source of tax to some specific expense, in reality, they can always move it elsewhere (since they are the legislators). Therefore, it is always a question of which expense has political priority.

Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by kansface on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:38PM (#29998005)
I thought the problem with CA was that the state budget isn't fungible - 90%+ of the money is allocated via ballot measures or the state constitution and can't be touched by the legislature.
Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:58PM (#29998298)
I do not know enough about CA budget's mechanics, but that would seem like a very inefficient and ineffective way to operate a state.
Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by shagie on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @02:09PM (#29998491)
https://www.budgetchallenge.org/pages/home gets you an idea of the challenge that they have.