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The World Socialist Web Site reports
Three US states--New Jersey, Maine, and Illinois--with a combined population of 23 million people entered a new fiscal year [July 1] without a state budget, forcing widespread shutdowns of public services, state offices, and schools, as well as the closure of state parks on the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
In a fourth state, Connecticut, Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy ordered across-the-board spending cuts totaling $2.1 billion after the legislature failed to pass a balanced budget. Malloy's cuts include the elimination of summer youth employment programs and rental assistance for low-income families, as well as a reduction in education funding.
Six more states entered the new fiscal year without a final budget, but without, as yet, any significant shutdown of state services: Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Cuts are to be expected in all of these states if new budgets are not enacted by July 5, the first workday after the holiday.
[...] In a display of elitist arrogance, [Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey] spent the weekend with his family at an official residence in a state park that had otherwise been closed to the public by his own executive order.
[...] In Maine, Republican Governor Paul LePage ordered the first statewide shutdown of government services since 1991 after the legislature failed to bow to his demand that it adopt a new, two-year, $7 billion budget without any tax increases.
In a brazenly antidemocratic action, LePage and Democratic and Republican state legislators had already agreed that the new budget would repeal a measure approved last November by the votes of more than 357,000 people in a statewide referendum. The referendum imposed an additional three percent income tax on the wealthiest state residents--those who make more than $200,000 a year--to increase funding for public education.
Additional Coverage: ABCNews
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @07:32PM (4 children)
Listen there Comrade. Have you ever met any rich people? I have, and by and large most of them (with exception of some old-money hags) actually work real fucking hard. In the US if you are a workaholic, you will get rich, it's a guarantee. Lot of smart folk who aren't pathologically tied ot their job will actually opt for a more relaxed, less-stressful, and less financially rewarding path, so they can enjoy life more.
You think the likes of Elon Musk and Donald Trump avoid doing work? Are you fucking insane? These guys ONLY work. When you see one of them tee-up do you think they are thinking "oh I wonder if I can get a birdie on this hole" or do you think they are thinking "how do I Make America Greater Again" or "How do I revolutionize the Auto Industry while simultaneously planning colonization of Mars?" True genius never sleeps. And while I personally do not bill my work for all my shower-thoughts, I know definitely that plenty of real work does not involve hitting the same nail with a hammer over and over again.
You are just a self-hating clown. Deep down you know what it takes to be successful, and you know you don't have it, so you try to bring others down so you can feel better about your life. If you want your revolution, head down to Venezuela, they are in a process of one, but there is a twist! And the second twist will come later, when they replace their shitty communist system with an even shittier more communist system, same us before only slightly more cannibalism. Because why work for something when you can steal from the rich while being belligerent to them for their wealth.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @07:48PM
The word you're looking for is entrepreneur.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @08:31PM (1 child)
Whelp, we have found our temporarily embarrassed millionaire.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @09:15PM
You can't improve the world around you without believing that you can do so.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday July 06 2017, @05:39AM
In the US if you are a workaholic, you will get rich, it's a guarantee
LOL!