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Originally Posted by DAEMANO

I know it's fun for some to hate on CA, but come on now...

In 2018 California saw it's largest budget surplus since 2000. This was reported on June 15th, which was after your post, but California has been running budgets surpluses since at least 2013. For the last 3 years the California General Fund has run the following surpluses with 2018's end of year surplus estimated (cause we're not there yet.)

2015-16 - $6.17 Billion surplus
2016-17 - $7.46 Billion surplus
2017-18 - $11.45 Billion surplus

Facts can be found here:
http://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/R...tlook_for_the_

Not here
Foxnews.com

But you might find this source more amenable...

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2018/0...t-to-help-poor


On the other hand there's Washington State (which I love btw, Go Hawks since 1980!) which must be doing fiscally AWESOME for its' resident's to feel the need to criticize California's meager $183 billion dollar budget and 10% surplus. So let's hear it.

Start here
https://ofm.wa.gov/budget

Not here
Foxnews.com

Maybe they could use some of that to fix the damn roads. The roads in Detroit are in better shape than some I rode across in the Nor Cal area.