“Times they are a changin’.”
I think the point another poster made is spot on: the states may be forced to fight this as they simply don’t have the money to fund it. They’ll have to face the voters wrath for tax increases or program cuts. All for something most of their constituents didn’t want in the first place.
Most of the states are unable to spend at a deficit as it violates their state constitution.
The states haven’t shown much backbone at all when it comes to unfunded mandates, but this is the mother of all unfunded mandates.
Exactly my point. The states see what’s happened in CA and most states wish to remain solvent. The alternative is unthinkable (for most).