Re: What the Federal Budget hath wrought
The prison system in California is an enormous racket, including a union system that throws a lot of weight around in Sacramento. It's been a racket for years, and accounts for a good amount of our budget problems out here.
You're going to hear a lot of state governments wailing about having the Federal printed-money teat pulled away. Followed by a sudden inability to fund high-profile public services, while somehow money for the usual useless crap flows on. You'd think we'd be smart enough to catch on by now.