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That "just" is doing a lot of work there. California had a $38 billion budget deficit last year and a $68 billion deficit the year before. I would like universa
by Analemma_ 3y ago
That "just" is doing a lot of work there. California had a $38 billion budget deficit last year and a $68 billion deficit the year before. I would like universal healthcare as much as or more than anyone, but without fiscal transfers at the Federal level I don't think it is possible - states cannot run permanent debts the way the Federal government can.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoAnd in the year before there was a 100 billion dollar windfall in the budget during a pandemic no less while still hosting this healthcare program. State spending is a good thing, it really amounts to making investments into either the infrastructure of the state or its people. Its too bad headlines and therefore sentiment seem to miss this fact, and equate a spendy state to a ditzy college student with terrible credit card habits.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoI wish California well, but: any sort of attempts to implement massive healthcare changes state-wide (e.g. to single-payer, access to all), will immediately be thwarted by US intrastate immigrants, in addition to international border pressures. >in the year before there was a 100 billion dollar windfall I am not sure of California's particulars, but some government profitabilities are largely on account of Pandemic Funding 2020-2022 (e.g. my local county hosptial for ~1M people would not have turned-profit w/out CoVid fund$).