This kind of thinking leads down a sad, unproductive, and dangerous "me first" path. Let's avoid falling back into tribal thinking. This applies to states as mu

This kind of thinking leads down a sad, unproductive, and dangerous "me first" path. Let's avoid falling back into tribal thinking. This applies to states as much as countries (as seen in Europe right now). If pensions or any other specific things are mismanaged - which IMHO is in fact the case in California - let's fix them together.