broke

Last month Californians were shocked to find that the state stealthily jacked up payroll taxes by 10%.  Republicans in the legislature voted overwhelmingly against it, but of course, there were like 2 of them left.  Sly accounting tricks couldn't save the state again for a $21 billion budget deficit projected for 2010.  The Democrat in charge of the budget in the Assembly has given up,

"I can't think of any good solutions," said Assemblywoman Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), who chairs the lower house budget committee. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget-deficit18-2009nov18,0,7647152.story

She's a lot more honest than the Dems in every level of government have been so far .