That (13 percent) seems small and normal -- and means the underlying personal income tax base is growing nicely.

Not every one of those lower-income taxpayers becomes a cost to a state-funded system.

Together, we are making a positive difference in the lives of those most in need. The industry's support allows us to increase the number of homes we rebuild and provide a better quality of life for our most vulnerable residents.

Property tax is the lightest. We haven't been looking at those three pieces to see if there should be a rebalance.

We still have the problem that governors like to do stuff.

There's a really close parallel to France. High unemployment, low family income, inferior education and training, inadequate housing, a great deal of hostility toward the police - we found that the level of hostility in the black sections of these cities was high enough that almost any random spark would set them off.