从20世纪80年代中到2005年，加州人口仅增长1000万，而医疗补助受益人却猛增了700万之多；所得税纳税人仅增长150,000，而监狱人口却增长了115,000之多。
From the mid-1980’s to 2005, California's population grew by 10 million, while Medicaid recipients soared by seven million; tax filers paying income taxes rose by just 150,000; and the prison population swelled by 115,000.