States Going Belly Up Part 2

More info on the dire straits that this country is finding itself in.

Nevada -

Nevada officials on Tuesday outlined drastic cuts to the state's Medicaid program that include plans to ration adult diapers, eliminate denture and hearing-aid programs, and force personal care assistants to buy their own disposable gloves.
To close Nevada's $881 million budget deficit, Gibbons has proposed eliminating public school mandates for class size and full-day kindergarten, and suspending collective bargaining for teachers. Public schools would lose $166 million, and administrators say hundreds if not thousands of teachers could lose their jobs.

Hawaii's tax refunds may get delayed and more -

The state Department of Human Services has warned health insurance companies that the state may not make payments for Quest — the state's health plan for low-income families — for the last quarter of the fiscal year, leaving insurers to absorb about $300 million in medical expenses until at least July.

Not only do they steal your money, they won't let you have the money back that they owe you under their rules! It doesn't take long to figure out that the solution is simply to change the rules so they don't have to give it back.

To those who are retiring: You thought that you could have mandated wages and prices, planes, trains and sick days all guaranteed by your friends at the U.S.A. But the laws of supply and demand yield to no one and now you have to pay the piper.

In short, you took a ride with the dragon and you lost. And now you look in the mirror and realize that you've been used, albeit willingly, like a $2 dollar whore. Your safety is not paramount to these scoundrels, they don't care anymore because they got what they want.

Face it, you've been caught. Your "revolution" dating back 50 plus years failed and now not only is payment being extracted from you, but your offspring as well. The real question is the following: Will you come clean, deal with your losses and try like your forefathers to leave your children in a better state or will you capitulate and attempt to get Congress to re-inflate the bubble and in the process damn your children to a life of poverty so you can have your cozy little retirement?

The choice is yours.