It primarily means two things: First, it means emergency rules will allow the state to do things like break contracts, terminate employees who would normally be protected--e.g. government employees, civil service workers, tenured professors, ignore federal mandates, etc. Second, it means that some creative financing measures will occur. The state will take an unusually long time to pay its bills, sell off or "privatize" assets like prisons, toll roads etc., raise government fees or other fees. States don't really go bankrupt, it's pretty unlikely that your income taxes and/or property tax rates will soar.Quote from peilthetraveler:
So I have a question now...what happens WHEN California goes bankrupt? Do basically all the bondholders get screwed or is there more too it? Does anyone lose their jobs? What happens with the social programs? Are the sick and dying going to suffer because of this?
