I'm wondering how many people watched this segment of 60 Minutes recently and whether the issues described have begun to show themselves where you live. I'm not a real political animal and I'm no economist but their depiction indicates that these issues could be disasterous. State Budgets: Day of Reckoning - 60 Minutes - CBS News
I usually treat 60-minutes stories as containing a lot of exaggeration. But in this case I believe 60-minutes was on-target. In California I expect the CC tuition fee of $26 per unit to be history some time soon - so if you are a CA resident earn all the units you can at the current cost.