Who has the standing and the resources to do seek the obvious relief?
This is a trend. California, after Prop 13, made massive shifts in its means of funding essential and proper duties of the state to circumvent the will of its citizens; and got away with it. The abuse continues.
Any solution from any similar State abuse will benefit every citizen-taxpayer in the United states.
Public Employees have "unions". Welfare recipients have "unions".
Perhaps citizen-taxpayers should create (and fund) a parallel government to cancel the socialist, self-serving corrupt (how much have the Clintons and Gore "earned" since leaving office?) welfare state...