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State of California is broke

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by poindexter, May 31, 2012.

  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I saw something recently that the unfunded public pension liabilities statewide are about $200 billion and increasing.

    I reflexively hate politicians, especially those who affiliate themselves with the two major parties. But John Chiang is the man. I am still trying to figure out what the catch is with him. I am so cynical.

    Calpers' liabilities were no secret -- I think it hit a lot of people's radar screens when you started getting some of the bankruptcies, like in San Bernardino, and people were taking stock of the liabilities. But even before that, I had been reading negative things for more than a decade from people who analyze the state's muni bonds -- what a joke the pension system was and how everyone had their head in the sand. The website Chiang created is pretty cool -- it's transparent in a way that you rarely get from government. Anyone who lives in Cali, and wants to, can now see what a mess the state put them on the hook for. There is no way the state is ever going to make good on those promises.
     
  2. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I am still trying to figure out this website. It is awesome, though.
     
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