My priors are that if the WSJ is making obviously BS headlines in the format "California spent <big number> on something. It failed" then California is likely h

My priors are that if the WSJ is making obviously BS headlines in the format "California spent <big number> on something. It failed" then California is likely half-heartedly doing the right thing and should do more of it. And is likely saving money compared with whatever the WSJ is pushing as an alternative.