Sinking Ship – August 24, 2008 By Whitney Blake FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint August 24, 2008 4:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint SINKING SHIPS: California and New York, the nation’s two biggest blue states, just can’t quit spending tax dollars even though both state budgets face huge deficits. California’s is $17.2 billion, while New York’s deficit is $6.4 billion. Recommended Stories Europe continues to guzzle Russian gasTrump gets it right on AITrump must escalate to de-escalate the war in Ukraine Related Content House Johnson invites MTG to sit in on committees addressing Obamacare tax credits White House Trump threatens to provide Tomahawks to Ukraine if Putin continues attacks Senate Murphy continues shutdown blame game when confronted over past comments decrying ‘hostage’ tactics World Who are the remaining living Israeli hostages being freed this week? White House War in Gaza is ‘over,’ Trump says as he departs for Israel before hostage release