States of Pain

Watching the fiscal crises gripping cities and states across the U.S. is like watching a chain-reaction auto wreck in slow motion. I don't think the general public has a good sense yet of the pain that will result from the carnage.
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thanks to Cursor

I live in the state of Washington and the voters recently passed a bill to reduce transportation taxes and defeated a bill to increase taxes to pay for improving roads. And they still expect the road problem to be fixed. Surreal.