It’s called Sharkey-Looney syndrome. Its fallout is quite painful (on residents), and its effects include delusion of and denial by the host, large growths (of government), tone-deafness, broken promises, loss of economic base, and widespread unemployment. Scientists who discovered SLS say it is incubated in legislatures run by leftist Democrats, is activated by a leftist governor, and is typically spread biennially through budgets. There has been a recent outbreak in Hartford. An example of SLS has been captured on film:
