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California Democrats back causes that would tax millions
California's recession has not stopped lawmakers from proposing nearly two dozen bills that would dip into taxpayers' pocketbooks for causes from trauma care to domestic violence. The measures would affect millions of Californians in ways ranging from legalizing and regulating marijuana to ...
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California legislature doing what it always does: spending money
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... One might thing that having a $50 billion shortfall for 2009 might have convinced California legislators to adopt more fiscal responsibility during an economic downturn.  Instead, they continue to spend money in a fashion that insults drunken sailors everywhere and makes Imelda Marcos look like Ebenezer Scrooge.  The Sacramento Bee reports that legislators faced with the additional, unplanned $8 billion deficit will do their best to widen it: California’s recession has not stopped lawmakers from proposing nearly two dozen bills that would dip into taxpayers’ pocketbooks for ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... average of $2,700. State university fees, $3,849 a year, are much lower than any of the other comparable state university systems and scarcely half the average of $7,516. The University of California's current fees, $8,027 a year, are not quite the lowest of comparable systems – University at Buffalo, N.Y., has that ranking at $6,285. But UC's fees are nearly $2,000 below the average and just two-thirds of the most expensive school, the University of Illinois. California Democrats back causes that would tax millions - California Legislature Running WILD ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: California_Cell_Phone_Law) California Democrats back causes that would tax millions - California Legislature Running WILD California's recession has not stopped lawmakers from proposing nearly two dozen bills that would dip ...

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