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Powderhorn · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:38 pm

What has most annoyed Brizzi about Davis is his handling of the budget. "We are 37 million people and we are $37 billion in debt," Brizzi said. "That's like $100 per person." (L.A. Times wire)

ADKbrown · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:34 pm

That explains why they're in debt.

jmcg · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:51 pm

This is just a hunch, what with a job that has me paying more attention to state government than I otherwise might, but a $1,000 (sted $100) per capita deficit strikes me as perhaps the biggest in the country.

bcubbison · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:59 pm

<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jmcg:
This is just a hunch, what with a job that has me paying more attention to state government than I otherwise might, but a $1,000 (sted $100) per capita deficit strikes me as perhaps the biggest in the country.<hr></blockquote><p>$10,000 might be, but that would be Alaska. New York is likely next, above $9,000 counting state and local debt.

jmcg · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 7:12 pm

We talking debt, or deficit? New York has a population of about 19 million people, and a budget deficit of about $12 billion. That's about $660 a person, right? Or is my math that off?

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