There Is a Limit to What We Can Absorb: PETE WILSON

Governor PETE WILSON warns that California is confronting a painful choice: be less generous to newcomers or be buried by relentless growth

Q. Is the California Dream threatened by all the problems the state faces?

A. The state has got to achieve an equilibrium. We're in a period when we have taken on a number of burdens, some natural, some of our own making. This is a rich state by any number of indexes. But as with a rich country, there are practical limits to what you can do. There are also political limits to what people are willing to assume in the way of burdens.

California is going through a period of change. Growth is not new to us. David Gardner, the...

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