[quote=enron_by_the_sea][quote=flu]don’t worry. they will[/quote]

California is like a 50+ lb overweight person who thinks he lost 25lbs, but the others around him think that his weighing scale is broken.

Now his left brain is urging him to continue with the program and right brain is urging him that it is enough…[/quote]

Nope, Cali put on 20 lbs but bought bigger pants.

Seriously, look at the historical general fund and just mulitply by 2 and round off to billion and equate to weight.

Peaked at a pudgy 206 lbs in 2008, then forced diet, dropped to 181 lbs, then lost a few more the next year to a lean 174 lbs. then we yo-yo’d for two years going 183 and back to 174. And now we’ve gone back to pudgy city at 193 lbs.

Or if you think government is bloated, multiple by 3 and round to billions:

We had a problem in 2008 when we tipped in at over 300 lbs, we then ‘crash’ dieted to 272 lbs, and then wasted away to a skin and bones 261 lbs, then yo-yo and now back to pudgy city tilting in at 290 lbs…