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Only in America can a state deficit of 9 billion USD be utterly ignored as politicians drag out negotiations into plugging that gigantic money hole and be two months overdue in resolving a state budget for the next year.

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1594379.shtml?cat=300

Governor Patterson, who has been roundly disliked for his hard-nosed stance to reduce the budget before his term expires, has forced some concessions for spending reductions to be included into the budget.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/nyregion/08budget.html

NYS has been disfunctional for my entire lifetime.

Basically we have the downstate, urban, educated, service economy, growing economy wedded to the upstate rural, rust belt, shrinking economy.

The state should be divided in half so each side can figure out its best path.