The Government of Shalampax today announced that, henceforth, it will no longer make public its budgets or financial statements.
The government believes that continuing to release these documents would be pointless as they have always been mythological creations designed purely for entertainment purposes. The government believes that there is far better entertainment available today, so there is little benefit to be derived from publishing the government budgetary and financial documents.
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The State of California’s budget crisis is over, somewhat.
The state has been paying with IOUs. I guess that’s why they need a former muscle-building terminator as governor. In case anybody complains about the IOUs, he can explain things to those girly-men whiners, if you get my drift.
The state now has a budget and the money should soon start flowing (or is that trickling?) again. Nonetheless, there are still big problems in California. The state had to make big cuts to a number of programs, including in the vital areas of health and education. And, even then, California still has to borrow a couple of billion dollars to close the budget gap.
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