NYT piece dedicated to the state budget shortfalls and cutting that is going on.
At least 15 states have raised taxes, five of them by 5 percent or more. Other states are turning to gambling, but are finding that the market has gone somewhat soft.
What the states are left with now, in some cases, are extreme measures, and infighting.
In Illinois, some prisons have been asked to reduce pharmaceutical costs by ordering more potent prescription drugs, and then splitting them in half.
Let's hope that they remember this next time there is a surplus. Odds on that are not very good.
At least 15 states have raised taxes, five of them by 5 percent or more. Other states are turning to gambling, but are finding that the market has gone somewhat soft.
What the states are left with now, in some cases, are extreme measures, and infighting.
In Illinois, some prisons have been asked to reduce pharmaceutical costs by ordering more potent prescription drugs, and then splitting them in half.
Let's hope that they remember this next time there is a surplus. Odds on that are not very good.
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