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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: bijou on June 04, 2012, 06:38:24 AM
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Add Stockton, California (population 292,000) to the list of cities bankrupted because of bad management and over-generous public union wages and benefits.
Please consider New Stockton City Hall building seized by Wells Fargo; city preps bankruptcy contingency plan
The Stockton City Council announced Wednesday that they will look at bankruptcy contingency plans after Wells Fargo seized the new city hall building.
Read more: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/06/wells-fargo-seizes-stockton-california.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis+%28Mish%27s+Global+Economic+Trend+Analysis%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#ixzz1wp92bVAH
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Now here's a thought....government becomes the new homeless.
Let 'em work from under a bridge.
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Now here's a thought....government becomes the new homeless.
Let 'em work from under a bridge.
You know things may get better if they had to come and panhandle in person for their money, voters might have quite a bit to say to them. :-)
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All governments become money vacuums. They never learn how to stop, it's built into their suicide pact city charters and state/ federal budget rules...spend every dime whether you need it or not. Then borrow more money to spend. Then raise taxes. Then borrow more money - and they never, ever stop.
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I never heard of such a thing. Municipalites float bonds for capital purchases. There is no collateral.
Very odd.
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All governments become money vacuums. They never learn how to stop, it's built into their suicide pact city charters and state/ federal budget rules...spend every dime whether you need it or not. Then borrow more money to spend. Then raise taxes. Then borrow more money - and they never, ever stop.
MA has a law called Proposition 2 1/2. Real estate taxes cannot go up more than 2.5% every year without a ballot override vote.
Municipalities are bleeding out because of health insurance premiums and pensions. Reason why Wisconsin vote today is so damn important.
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Stockton has always been a shit hole. No surprises here.