California Budget Deal Reached

Courtesy Donklephant  Tue, 07/21/2009 - 6:38am

Looks like they’ve finally come to an agreement, but at the expensive of the poor and elderly.

From LA Times :

Gov.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced Monday that they had reached a deal to close California’s $26.3-billion deficit and begin paying all of the state’s bills again, potentially ending months of partisan wrangling and a cash crisis that threatens to push California into insolvency.

Their agreement, which could go before the...


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