(...forcing state officials to assemble a series of new spending cuts that are likely to mean further reductions to schools, health care and other social programs)
Notice that cutting salaries or benefits to State union employees is somehow never part of the choices, God forbid! Once they have cut all services to taxpayers, all of the taxpayer revenues will go toward state employee salaries and benefits, and those employees will be...doing what exactly? Oh, that’s right, they will be deployed to collect more and more fees from the producers!
(California’s shortfall was now projected to be $16 billion, up from $9.2 billion in January.)
Can’t cook the books forever! We should all believe government statistics, especially when we see a deficit jump more than 42% in an allegedly improving economy!
They should send a delegation to Bismarck to learn how adults deal with finances, taxes, OIL and the wealthy.