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2009-10-26 Economy

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-26 10:37|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Yes it is.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-10-26 12:40|| 2009-10-26 12:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Article is crap. Blames states problems on Republicans for keeping state budgets from passing. No blame for Democrats who want to spend and regulate California into oblivion.

Clearly clueless.

Posted by LeighG 2009-10-26 12:52|| 2009-10-26 12:52|| Front Page Top

#3 the writer, a lefty for TNR writes,

"...This year, the Republicans, who have only 35 percent of the seats in the Assembly and 37.5 percent in the Senate, held up the budget bill for months until the state was forced in July to issue IOUs for state services. They objected to tax increases on cigarettes and a tax on oil extraction (which were later removed) and measures to improve tax enforcement on businesses (which were also removed). They demanded cuts in social services (which they got) and in transportation (which they didn't). The Democrats were able to block a measure to allow oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast--the scene of a disastrous oil spill in 1969--but, all in all, the budget shredded the state's safety net, including spending on health care for poor children, and took an ax to California's community colleges and state colleges, reducing enrollment at the latter by 300,000."

Clueless to the last.

Posted by lord garth 2009-10-26 12:53|| 2009-10-26 12:53|| Front Page Top

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