How broke most US states really are and the accounting they use to hide the fact

https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-going-to-the-mattresses-with-manipulator-mendoza/article_f4e71643-d4b6-5918-a08b-0bc78e77afff.html


They should take it as a badge of honor when they issue a misleading press release touting good news from a devastatingly negative 397-page financial report that is, for the most part, swallowed whole by a statewide audience. But instead of congratulating itself for a dirty job well done, the empire is striking back.
Readers can examine the full response to my Tuesday column in today’s Letters to the Editor section.