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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
Yeah, just raise taxes that should do the trick. Why is it that most of the highest taxed states are the ones in the biggest problems?
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Because the people who in favor of raising taxes (the legislators) are in the pocket of the state workers unions - and every time there's a surplus, the government spends it by hiring more people to provide more services. Those people don't just go away - they are permanent payroll costs, and for the most part, union workers. So when the surplus is gone, and revenues are down --- surprise, something has to go, and so they have to cut things that shouldn't be cut because the state payroll has gotten out of hand and the surplus hasn't been saved for a rainy day.