https://freerepublic.com/tag/whiteater/ en-us Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:08:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/814212/posts <p>California's mess is a capital political crime that more than just tarnishes the Golden State.</p> <p>The Sacramento gang has created a fiscal mess more than 20 times worse than anything Congress could manufacture.</p> <p>California's budget deficit works out to more than $1,000 per resident and makes New York City look fiscally responsible.</p> <p>California's deficit is 20 percent of state spending and a third of its operating budget. If every state worker were fired, California would still be at least $10 billion in the red.</p> Pittsburgh Tribune Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/814212/posts#comment Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:08:08 GMT