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California Sued After Concealing $320 Billion In Annual State Payments

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Adam Andrzejewski

One easy step California can take is to join every other state in the union and open up its state checkbook for review. Allowing citizens, journalists, watchdogs, academics, and public policy experts to review state spending would help the state get its fiscal house in order.

Unfortunately, last fall, California State Controller Betty Yee (pictured) rejected our sunshine request for the state checkbook. Oddly, the rejection didn't argue the law, but instead claimed that the controller couldn't locate a single one of the 49 million bills she paid last year.

This admission provides a troubling clue to California taxpayers who are wondering how and where their money is being spent. The answer is the people spending it literally don't know. Or they at least say that don't.

It is of course unimaginable, and laughable, that the state that is home to Silicon Valley can't put basic transparency tech in place. That state's feigned tech illiteracy begs the question: What are they trying to hide?

Taxpayers in California certainly want to know what's happening to state funds. It shouldn't take subpoenas and litigation to "find" up to $320 billion in annual state payments and show taxpayers how their money was spent.


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