One of the complaints with the $26 billion plan to fund teaching jobs and first responders around the country was that fiscally responsible states were now paying the bills of the irresponsible states. Perhaps the most irresponsible of all is California, which is once again in the midst of a financial crisis. Why is there a financial dilemma there all the time? What is the real issue and what has been done to address it? What would actually work? We ask Carol Liebau, longtime political activist and strategist based in California.
