California rises again
A projected state surplus poses a great inconvenience for California haters of the conservative persuasion. Cornered by 
good economic news, some are lashing out in desperation.
TOUGH TIMES FOR CALIFORNIA BASHERS
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Tags: budgets, California, conservatives, states, taxpayers
Postcard from Rhode Island
Entering bankrupt Central Falls
Is Rhode Island “The Little State that Could”? – as Time magazine put it, praising its treasurer and pension reforms?
It’s the little state that had to, IMHO.
Tags: economy, Ohio, Rhode Island, states
Let the states take over
With Washington, D.C., in smoking disarray, the states are doing things that liberals and conservatives have supported — and that liberals and conservatives have disliked. There is an argument letting states solve some of the sociological conflicts in concert with local sentiment.
Tags: Alabama, California, Connecticut, conservatives, culture, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, liberals, Massachusetts, Nebraska, politics, Rick Perry, states, Texas, Washington
Deficits as far as the states can see
States have no magic-hat trick to balance budgets under siege.
DEFICITS AS FAR AS THE STATES CAN SEE
Tags: California, economy, Illinois, Masachusetts, states, Texas
Government pensions to face the music
When it comes to pensions in the United States, private-sector workers live in America. Government workers live in Europe. One can be pro-union and pro-labor and still resent lavish public-employee retirement deals, as I write in my latest column:
GOVERNMENT PENSIONS FACE THE MUSIC
Tags: France, labor, politics, retirement, states
