From Forbes.com: Stupid Debt Tricks

As previously stated, I'm still getting Forbes magazine for free. In the latest issue, there was an "Ideas and Opinions" look at what games states are playing to plug holes in their budgets. I found the same thing on the website. Here's a couple (see below for the link):

• How does California save $1.2 billion by changing the date on their salary checks from June 30 to July 1? It seems like it would be a one-time effect. It would catch up the following year (or so it seems).
• Michigan plans to charge a $250 license fee on strippers. It is important to note that this opinion reports that there are only 83 topless establishments. They may also take in California prisoners (where does that money come from? California?).
• New York will put ads on their garbage trucks and charge an 18 percent tax on sugary drinks.

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