Director | December 31, 2009
An overview of states’ budget problems at Dollars and Sense. States are running revenue shortfalls that average 24 percent. The big problems: states run welfare programs employing vast numbers of bureaucrats. The federal government currently supplies around 20 percent of states’ budgets, for Medicare. Neither of these trends is sustainable. Each state is faced with […]
Category: California politics, U.S. Economy |
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Tags: California budget crisis, California homeless, state budget deficits, state sovereignty
Director | July 4, 2009
For the past few years our local TV has carried new stories about decreased funding for our state and local parks. Now California governor Schwarzenegger has proposed closing 220 state parks to save $143 million in state spending. In response, the federal government has threatened to seize 6 of these parks. The story is at […]
Category: California politics |
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Tags: California budget crisis, federal government to take over state parks
