Sense on Cents

If a picture spells a thousand words, then two graphs of the employment situation and future pension obligations in California far exceed the works of William Shakespeare.

Should we file these under the heading of “American Tragedy”? Would these works be referenced when somebody looks up “future default” or “unsustainable”? These future pension obligations did not happen by accident. The projected figures represent the plundering of California municipalities with subsequent tax burdens left to future generations. How did this happen? Let’s “read” the following “tomes” provided by the California Department of Finance and highlighted in The Wall Street Journal,

You might almost think you were reviewing a “Greek tragedy”.

This is no way to run a state or a country.

Larry Doyle

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