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Why Are States So Strapped for Cash? There Are Two Big Reasons
WSJ | 28Mar18 | Cezary Podkul & Heather Gillers

Posted on 03/29/2018 12:37:10 AM PDT by qaz123

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To: mythenjoseph

I am all for cops and first responders/Firemen getting good pay but some states like Mexifornia pay way too much and offer far too extravagant pensions that can not be sustained by the state taxes and I have no doubt that federal funds get funneled to pay for it.


21 posted on 03/29/2018 4:54:18 AM PDT by TonyM (UPS)
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To: Cronos

Thought it was funny.

Wait....LOL....

As they say in muthuh Russia: “Ave Good Day”


22 posted on 03/29/2018 5:17:33 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: qaz123

As if all these Pols couldn’t guess what was going to happen with Medicaid expansion in their states. Well, I guess it got them re-elected so.....Mission Accomplished. Now someone else is left holding the bag.


23 posted on 03/29/2018 5:50:29 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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Why are states strapped for cash? Because politicians are pimps, buying votes from useless eaters by throwing cash into the ghetto/barrios.

Show me a state that doesn't have a significant percentage of the population on the public dole. These are career/lifetime deadbeats, enabled by politicians who are interested solely in keeping a cushy, lucrative job.

Show me a state that isn't awash in crimigrants, filthy third world invaders who don't respect our culture, and are only interested in fleecing the gringo.

Eliminate those two demographics, and you'll be amazed at how easy it is to balance the budget.

24 posted on 03/29/2018 6:07:37 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: mewzilla
Precisely. But I think you left out the biggest factor.

The brokest states are run into the ground by democRATS.

25 posted on 03/29/2018 8:47:59 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: mythenjoseph

Members of public sector unions play this little game where they selectively call off work and force the employer to pay their buddies overtime. Then the buddies return the favor the following month.

Transit drivers in Pittsburgh have been caught doing it several times.


26 posted on 03/29/2018 9:59:52 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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