So your choice is to address none of them? Cool. Fact: California and Illinois have huge debt problems. They both have really high taxes yet still can't fix th

So your choice is to address none of them? Cool. Fact: California and Illinois have huge debt problems. They both have really high taxes yet still can't fix them. These problems are both, funnily enough, related directly to underfunded government pension liabilities, related directly to public services with strong unions involved. In essence, precisely what you are saying is false is exactly what has happened in these states.