Capitol session was disaster for liberty

Elections have consequences, and we last week witnessed the real-world results of the Democratic wave that crashed in California after the mid-term elections.
Democrats have long been dominant in the Capitol, but the election gave the party bigger supermajorities and a more staunchly progressive tilt.
For a while, it didn’t seem as if much would change. Most of the proposed tax increases failed. Progressives abandoned their push this year for a single-payer healthcare system. The budget wa