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$177 million seems much too high for a replacement system. Of course 200K employees seems much too high for a state government as well.

• maximilian 18y ago
  California is awful big and has a ton of people in it. I'm not entirely convinced that California considers itself a country but just hasn't told anyone yet. They do everything different here and even check you at the state borders. 177 million does seem like a lot though.
  • dfranke 18y ago
    > and even check you at the state borders. What are you talking about? I live in California, have been in and out a great number of times, and have never encountered anything of the sort. Besides, it would be unconstitutional.
    • lacker 18y ago
      When I first came to California I was driving west on I-80 and I was stopped at the Nevada border. But they just asked if I had any plants or animals in the car and when I said no they left me alone. Apparently they are very concerned about invasive species. Hawaii is similar.
    • tobyo 18y ago
      At night, there are border patrol stops coming into CA from AZ and within the state heading north to Los Angeles from San Diego.
  • curiousgeorge 18y ago
    Considering the complexity of the system, it doesn't seem like that much. Remember that staff at the UCal systems (7 schools now?) are all state employees. A single college would probably be paying in the tens of millions for a new payment system created from scratch at market rates.