10 states struggling to pay bills

When the economy crashed, as Obama took office, it was not an event that happened because he took office, it took years and a lot of bad deals to make it happen, 11 trillion dollars disappeared from the economy, when people lost money in 401-k plans savings interest, by house , and building values dropping the money went to someone 11 trillion dollars overnight, we can and should declare a national emergency and force all the corporations, banks, oil companies, tech companies fast foods, to pay in cash  money to reduce the debt by at least half, all millionaires should pay at least fifty thousand,, lower income should pay to on a sliding scale, the debt could come down in a month to around 7 trillion, and with the cuts in waste and spending, the two wars ending it would not take long to be debt free in this country, why struggle for twenty years with this? get it done and move on!!! 

Look at apple they are sitting on 100 billion dollars in cash, they could easily pay ten billion, WALL mart, McDonalds version, etc. thousand of companies and banks oil companies are sitting on piles of cash they should help the country these problems could be over in a month!!!

I live in Nevada and it is not a Blue State as one comment states.  We are a swing state that voted for Republican Governors for the past 12 years or so. In the last election the state did vote for Obama, but he does not write checks in Nevada, the hardest hit state in the country.  The Governors of Nevada and the Nevada Legislature are responsible for the mess we are in and they are Republicans.

Pay 17  million people unemployed and low wage earners 600.00 dollars per week tax free, take 28% from the top and give it to all the states every week for two years; let them work w/o penalties, the money they earn would be taxed! this will stabilize the states, and bring the unemployment down, and create tax revenues, the states could hire workers, and do other things needed like roads etc. this will stabilize the country, and create more jobs, force everyone to pay cash to bring the debt down, on a sliding scale from 1.00 to one billion dollars, raise about 8 trillion dollars, then the country can start to plan to be completely debt free within the next ten years!, also give SS another raise, this plan will help Medicare to, and manufacturing will go up,

the people who give can be given tax breaks later to compensate them, then after the debt comes down reform the tax system, broaden the base, and lower taxes for everyone!

two hundred million paying 40,000.00 dollars would raise 8 trillion, if the banks, oil, corp, all paid 1 billion that figure would go down, it would not be that hard to raise 8 trillion dollars, even 6 trillion would work well!!!

I cannot understand why Illinois would be 2nd on the list when we pay ridiculous taxes. I live in a modest house and pay almost $7,000 in property tax.  There are thousands upon thousands of high end luxury homes and mansions all around the Chicago-land area so I can only imagine how much is being collected in property taxes on those.

Our emploment tax went up 2%. Sales tax ranges from 7.75% to over 10% if you live in Cook county. We pay taxes on everything including food and clothing. We pay $99 a year in automobile registration fees. We must buy parking passes for $79- $99 a year depending on where you live to have the ability to park your car on public roads. There's the parking boxes, red light cameras, public school book fees and registration fees. The tolls were increased 45% this year. The parking lots at Midway and O'hare are owned by the city of Chicago and fees are $16 per day to $50 per day.

I'm sure I'm leaving some things out here but the point is, with all this money the state and local governments are raking in, why are they so broke? Where is all this money going?