California's Hidden Deficit
With more than 2 million Californians out of work, the state is shelling out more than $1 billion per month in unemployment benefits. But the state's insurance trust fund is broke. So, like a number of states, California is borrowing that money from the federal government -- enough to make the Golden State the biggest debtor state in the nation.
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