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cbpp.org - 7/6/2009
An Update on State Budget Cuts — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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Public health programs: At least 21 states have implemented cuts that will restrict low-income children s or families eligibility for health insurance or reduce their access to health care services. For example, Rhode Island eliminated health coverage for 1,000 low-income parents; Minnesota is ...
cbpp.org - 7/13/2009
Correcting Five Myths About the Stimulus Bill — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
— cbpp.org — [I]f policymakers had not been able to pass a stimulus plan, real GDP would have declined nearly... 6% in the second quarter and by more than 3% in the third, Economist Mark Zandi of Moody s Economy.com wrote last month. With the stimulus, GDP is ... (more) Correcting Five Myths About the Stimulus Bill — ...

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123redirect.com - 7/2/2009
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ebudget.ca.gov - 6/30/2009
2009-10 California State Budget
— ebudget.ca.gov — Governor's Proposed Budget Summary Detail Enacted Budget Available Summer 2009... (more) 2009-10 California State Budget
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Robert Kuttner: 3 Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Massachusetts, with one of the most liberal governors, Deval Patrick, just hiked its sales taxes by 25 percent. A total of 24 other states have enacted tax increases and another 12 all have tax hikes on their agendas. Federal aid under the stimulus covers just 30 to 40 percent of the state shortfall, which is expected to total $350 billion by 2011. And 39 states have cut program outlays on the needy, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. ...

3 Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call
Commondreams.org Views — Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working. Stronger stuff is needed. Consider: The June Unemployment Numbers . The green-shoots school was expecting that the rising rate of unemployment would continue to slow, as it did in May. But instead the number spiked back up. A total of 467,000 jobs were lost. The unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent, and OECD economists project that U.S. unemployment will still be in double digits as late as 2011. The 9.5 percent official figure -- the worst since 1983 -- conceals even worse news. The number of long-term unemployed ...

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