Structural financial problems at the state and local government level are inevitable, and have been for some time. Forget all the old arguments about the size of government or the appropriate level of taxes. There now are obvious structural problems that must be addressed, and are not matters of political preference. Local governments face similar problems as state governments do with unfunded pension obligations.
This can cannot be "kicked down the road."
Kellogg Management School analysis of State pension obligations
Thursday, May 20, 2010
It's Inevitable: US is Going to be Greece
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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