US Politics
California's Fiscal Reckoning: How Misplaced Optimism Created a Budget Crisis
California faces a crippling $18 billion budget deficit that could balloon to $35 billion if unaddressed, exacerbated by the state's sluggish economy and highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate. The reckless squandering of federal pandemic aid on unsustainable union contracts and phantom surpluses has plunged our state into a preventable fiscal crisis, betraying the trust of every hardworking Californian.
