On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:13:32 -0600, wrote:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:57:01 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

Boy - I'm thinking about moving to New York - what a great state.

Well, Wall Street goes south, so does the New York state budget. There's
a $13.7 billion deficit. To balance the budget, Paterson will cut
spending $7.2, and raise taxes/fees $4.1. I think you will find many
states are going to be making hard choices with this economy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...sq6Kk&refer=us

I've often wondered what would happen if somebody proposed that we
break up the big states into smaller entities.

It just seems outsized budgets in comparison to population. We have
roughly 3.5 million citizens in the state of CT. The state budget
this year is roughly $19 Billion dollars.

You mean to tell me that the state couldn't give every citizen in the
state a quarter of a million dollars let them take care of themselves
and call it a day?

Jezum pete.