IN OTHER WORDS, THE PEOPLE RUNNING THESE STATES SUCK AT RUNNING THESE STATES, BUT…
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…they keep being elected to run these states into the ground. In many cases, they lied about the pensions, the gains on the pensions, how much the pensions were and who was getting the pensions.
WASHINGTON — The fiscal crisis for states will persist long after the economy rebounds as states confront financial problems that include rising health care costs, underfunded pensions, ignored infrastructure needs, eroding revenues and expected federal budget cuts, according to a report issued here Tuesday by a task force of respected budget experts.
The severity of the long-term problems facing states is often masked by lax state budget laws and opaque accounting practices, according to the report, an independent analysis of six states released by a group calling itself the State Budget Crisis Task Force. The report said that the financial collapse of 2008, which caused the most serious fiscal crisis for states since the Great Depression, exposed a number of deep-set financial challenges that will grow worse if no action is taken by national policy makers.
SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com