💬 Opinion 6h ago · J.D. Tuccille

State Governments Burden Residents With Growing Debt Just Like the Feds

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State Governments Burden Residents With Growing Debt Just Like the Feds
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California's state government, which has run up $11,511 in debt per resident, is asking voters to approve more billions of dollars in bonds, to be paid back by taxpayers at a later date. The cost of carrying that extra debt will be added to the roughly $6 billion the state pays each year to service bonds issued in the past. But the Golden State isn't the most debt-burdened state in the country. Connecticut and New Jersey are the most heavily burdened per capita, while Utah carries the least debt

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