States whose debt liability per capita is worse than California’s: Rhode Island, Illinois, Washington, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii,Massachusetts, Connecticut (the last 4 states listed have more than 2X the per capita debt as CA)
States whose pension liability per capita is worse than California’s: Minnesota, Wyoming, New Mexico, Hawaii, Colorado, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut, Alaska, Ohio, Rhode Island (the last 4 being 35%-55% greater than CA)
States whose Gross State Product ($Bil) per capita is less than California: All of them!
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/44/debt-10_Global-Debt-Crisis_Rank.html
Some good charts there might add to your glee. Sort the states by debt per capita or underfunded pensions.
So I have to harden my heart more than I originally thought!
Voting populace have to suffer consequence of voting without being informed, and not demanding quality candidates! It comes down to you get what you vote for.
Sure, I understand the problem of being in a boat with a bunch of idiots, but then you have to move to a better boat, or work at taking control of the boat. Their are no other options!
I am sure that their are many in Spain who regret they voted for the Commies after the train bombing, but votes have consequences!