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Californians plan to borrow $37 billion to improve the state’s public works. But as anyone with a mortgage knows, borrowing costs money. Taxpayers will pony up almost $1 dollar in interest for every dollar spent to build a bridge or shore up a levee. The 20-year interest cost: $36 billion. —Evan Halper
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