so I'll first admit that you chose the topic on which I'm probably most in agreement with you.
it blows my mind that we're borrowing to cover INTEREST payments on the same damn debt. if it wasn't hopeless when he arrived, it sure was when he left.
I would advise an individual in that situation to make painful, sweeping changes.
I'm sympathetic to the argument that judges/unions won't allow gutting of government, BUT he didn't even give it lip service, let alone try.