How to Fall From an Airplane: It Is Really Quite Easy

The precarious status of several state governments reminds me of the story of the man who fell from an airplane.

The man who fell had a friend on the airplane who, not knowing what else to do, called his falling friend's cell phone. The falling friend answered. The man on the plane, stumped at what to say, could only think to ask of his falling friend, "so, how are things going?"

The falling man looked around, and replied, "so far, so good."

And that is the status of many state government budgets.