[jyl]

Over the past few weeks, I've talked to a number of friends and business acquaintances who live in California, about California's budget crisis.

None of them were particularly concerned about it, or really even very interested in it. None felt that they would be much affected by their state's impending insolvency and government shutdown. One person explained that his kids go to private school and they don't use the library much, so it didn't matter.

I have also noticed that there's little discussion of the topic here, even though we have plenty of Californians. tabs has posted on it twice and those threads died quickly.

So, to the Californians here, I would like to ask you:

1. How concerned, alarmed, anxious are you (or maybe aren't you) about California's budget crisis?

2. Do you think the crisis is likely to affect you in some way? How and why, or why not?

3. What do you expect to happen, and when?

4. What changes should be made to avoid this problem in the future? (I'm really only interested in actions that have a good chance of happening in the real world, not "nuke Sacramento" and similar juvenile inanities. This is not a ricer forum.)