It has been quite the battle. Because social services and education are not as limited by mandates, they got cut first. And some fancy footwook was done with state income tax withholding, furloughs for state employees and borrowing against future income. Frankly, it's a real mess, and I've very glad that fixing it is no longer my job.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm curious then, what actually happens? How does CA deal with that? > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> If you want a good example of how not to do a mandated balanced >> budget, look at California. Cannot by law deficit spend, but has a >> ton of legislatively mandated programs that must be funded, and unions >> that refuse to budge an inch on any of their negotiated benefits, >> making it all impossible to present a balanced budget when required >> spending exceeds revenue. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
