Gerald, 

It might take less than that, as people will weigh their options and possibly leave the state to other areas with a much lower cost of living, meaning less population. then what? everything the liberals complain about, the rich, will be the only people that can afford to live here and more than likely won't, they will more than likely just but up property for their summer vacations. it has nothing to do with your idea of what is responsible and everything to do with the cost of living. maybe if the state actually invested those funds back into the state rather than out of state our costs to live here wouldn't be so high.