"See what?" --Gavin

Oregon's kicker law is a textbook example of bad economic policy, sadly. It essentially means that in boom years the state can't accumulate any general funds for recessions, which is half of the point of a state-level political entity in the first place. Balanced budgets and pay as you go are fabulous over the medium term, but over the short term of a year or two during a disaster or recession, governmental spending is critical as a counterbalance to reduced investment and general employment income.

> Given that school budgets are absolutely gutted

What now?

https://edsource.org/2026/how-california-compares-to-other-s...

https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statisti...

> hiding such a basic and impactful error requires a much better explanation than I see in that article

How about this?

> OOPSIE WOOPSIE!! Uwu We made a fucky wucky!! A wittle fucko boingo!

Shocking that the opinion of “actually the government should have basic competency” is controversial and warrants downvotes.

The only real explanation to me is along the lines of “these people might be incompetent , but they are from MY political tribe”

[delayed]