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A lot of US states and municipalities work that way. Can argue whether it is wise, but it is certainly common.
by MattGaiser 6mo ago
A lot of US states and municipalities work that way. Can argue whether it is wise, but it is certainly common.
- estimator7292 6mo agoMost US states are not global superpowers with hundreds of millions of citizens. The scale is completely different. Economics do not simply scale up and down, the math changes drastically when the numbers get bigger.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 6mo ago>The scale is completely different. Yes, the scale is different. This means that the debt problem can go on for far longer without being apparent. It can even be put off until the current slate of politicians are out of office, until they're dead of old age and beyond accountability. Scale can hide things, by making them so big your field of vision doesn't allow you to see it all at once.