California: The Physical Collapse Of A Social State

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasdelbeccaro/2017/02/22/ca-the-physical-collapse-of-a-social-state/#6d2e393f6bdb

Talk about faux news...search the whole story, and there's no substantiation.  It says...

Forbes wrote:Meanwhile, the basic infrastructure of the state, so necessary for the economy long and short term, is collapsing.

It's been comical watching the national news fuss so much over us.  But it's a myth...there is no evidence that any infrastructure is collapsing.  We have welcomed record rains, and our dams have held.  Our levies are fine.  The potholes are being filled.  Route 37 is back open.  The Interstates have been repaired.  Everything is completely restored here, two days after the rain stopped...no worries.

Certainly all over the country the Republican McConnell-Boehner doctrine (failure to enact legislation while the opposite party is in power)  has led to a deterioration of the infrastructure all over the country.  Bridges have fallen in Minnesota and Missouri. Trains have derailed in Pennsylvania.   Tornadoes have toppled schools in Texas.  Shit happens.

But hey...who better than California to pick up the slack left behind by the lazy Republicans?  California can afford it. It is the 5th largest economy in the world. There has not been even a dent in our ability to provide.  But can Alabama afford it?  Can South Carolina?  Those states go crying for federal help as soon as they get a speck of dust in their eye. I think they might be in trouble, but not California..

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

GOTTA LUV these oh_so_typical ultra-conservative/Teabagger/alt.right puff pieces...

Heavy on rhetoric and unsubstantiated rumours and biased insults,  but don't actually offer any facts to support their "fake news" efforts..

I think California is doing pretty good, considering it's the economic powerhouse that keeps so many other ostates afloat ...

You might point to a state like North Dakota as one that has its budget nice and tidily balanced -- but you know, since it's still chasing that elusive 800,000 residents mark (shit fire and save the matches, my city has more people than that), it's going nowhere without economic titans like California to sustain it.