Liberal California and Minnesota running budget SURPLUSES in spite of pandemic

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Originally Posted by Kristinas_Cap

I live in NJ and I see it as a privilege to have the highest property taxes in the nation. To me it means excellent education system, free college tuition for our immigrant community, and the best bagels in the nation

Do you have any idea how shallow and vacuous you sound? O course you don't. You probably thing the drivel you post makes sense. It doesn't.

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Originally Posted by bertwrench

Does this surplus account for debt they have or the growing liability of pensions? I don't know just asking.

Great question, and of course not. It'a all a lie on both counts.

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And ... breaking news! Another blue state is projecting a budget surplus!

Connecticut officials forecast budget surplus of $70 million this year after earlier predictions of $2B deficit; Wall Street records boost tax revenue

In a stunning turnaround, state budget officials predicted Friday that Connecticut will end the fiscal year with a small surplus of $70 million — despite financial problems related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The numbers are sharply different from only months ago when the same officials were predicting a large deficit of $2 billion due to shutdowns and high unemployment from the pandemic. The most recent estimate last month had sliced the deficit to $640 million.