They have concocted an extremely progressive social experiment: with 12% of the US population, California has more than 30% of its welfare dependents. 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.
他们炮制出一项极端进步的社会实验：加州人口仅占全美总人口的12%，却有着超过30%的福利家属。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。