The class consists mostly of small business owners, many of whom rely on income from government contracts to keep afloat.
I think the most vulnerable businesses (those who would go out of business without government customers, and who don't have "connections") were told "accept IOUs, or be blacklisted from doing business with California agencies"
42 posted on 08/09/2009 12:19:42 PM PDT by PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)