This list is so Garrulous

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 7:19 AM, C M Reinehr <cmr at amsent.com> wrote:

> On Sun 07 March 2010 04:29:18 am Yu Meng Chong wrote:
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > ----- "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I teach in a California (USA) state university, where the budget
> > > problems
> > > have eliminated so many support  services, cut my time (and pay), and
> > > although (naturally) under the management edict to maintain academic
> > > standards, I find I'm nearly every day making decisions about what to
> > > do
> > > poorly.
> >
> > Is the economy really that bad in the US? It's all barreling downhill
> here,
> > but I thought it would be better in the US. Even after the dot-com bust,
> > employment and the general state of the economy in the US seemed pretty
> > good by Singapore standards. I remember when I was in Atlanta in 2001, I
> > was impressed at how prosperous that city was, and how everything is BIG
> > there, from buildings to cars to food!
> >
> > Oh, I almost forgot, I have to mention one thing on this list: Linux!
> >
> > pascal chong
>
> No, the US economy is bad enough (but recovering) but California's
> problems,
> like Greece, largely are self-inflicted.
>
> cmr
>
> Too true.  California government has been dysfunctional for quite a while
now.  As a state employee, I see this in the wallet, but it's been evident
in many ways for many years.

My own hope has been that the state would break new ground by going truly
bankrupt or start what we call a "constitutional convention" to rejigger the
whole setup, and hope that the inevitable new problems are not as bad as the
old ones.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
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