Washington State's higher education system ranked eighth worst in the nation, measured by the depth of financing cuts, down 22.4 percent from 2008 to 2013, according to figures from Illinois State University's Center for the Study of Education Policy.
The election is still over 18 months away - that is two winters of potential A&E crises and enough time for plenty more trouble in terms of finances, cuts to services and failings in care.
We've heard that this latest round of financing cut the company's valuation roughly in half.
In the last year, the continuation of these services has been in jeopardy because of major financing cuts by the New York State Office of Mental Health.
In the months before the Legislature convened, there were many calls to free school districts from "unfunded mandates" at the state level to help them cope with the consequences of the impending deep financing cuts.
Another major piece of financing would cut Medicare subsidies for private insurers, ultimately affecting their executives and shareholders.
But when those managers were unable to short, they wouldn't buy the debt and so another avenue of financing was cut off.
During his research on the impact of Texas' 2011 family planning financing cuts, Dr. Daniel Grossman, a principal investigator on the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Policy Evaluation Project, said he found no evidence that Texas' licensed abortion facilities had unsafe conditions.
The occupant of the chair and I have some knowledge of finance, and you cut off a cash flow of a country or an individual and you kind of bring them to their knees.
Funding per pupil and pupil premium funding, provided for the most disadvantage, is only protected in cash terms, so these significant sources of finance are being cut in real terms.
