NBC Los Angeles carries the following Op-Ed, by a "Robert George" about the economic downfall of California. Among other things, George traces the state's original success to bipartisan pro-growth policies of former governors Pat Brown (D) and Ronald Reagan (R). George points out that, under Brown, spending on infrastructure totalled 20 percent of the state's budget. The figure is now 3 percent. George also points out that, by some measures, California is below the national average when it comes to educational achievement by its younger citizens. Perhaps educated Californians are moving elsewhere, where, for instance, income taxes are lower ? Whatever the reason, this statistic does not bode well for the state's economic future.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/us_world/Golden-State-Broken-Dreams.html#comments
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Bishop James Madison, the cousin of our nation's fourth President, was the President of the College of William and Mary from 1777 until his death in 1812. Prior to appointment as President, Madison served as a professor of natural philosophy and mathematics. During the Revolutionary War, Madison organized a militia company of students. William and Mary claims that Madison was the first professor of Political Economy in the United States. His lectures on the subject relied upon Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, published in 1776. Along with Thomas Jefferson, Madison was instrumental in founding the School of Law at William and Mary, appointing George Wythe as William and Mary's first Professor of Law and Police.
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