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California closes $12B deficit by cutting back immigrants’ access to health care
Associated Press via NY Post ^ | 6/28/25

Posted on 06/29/2025 10:43:58 PM PDT by Libloather

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Friday a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark health care expansion for low-income adult illegal immigrants, to close a $12 billion deficit.

It’s the third year in a row the nation’s most populous state has been forced to slash funding or stop some of the programs championed by Democratic leaders.

Lawmakers passed the budget earlier in the day following an agreement of a $321 billion spending plan between Newsom and Democratic leaders.

But the whole budget will be void if lawmakers don’t send him legislation to make it easier to build housing by Monday.

The budget avoids some of the most devastating cuts to essential safety net programs, state leaders said. They mostly relied on using state savings, borrowing from special funds and delaying payments to plug the budget hole.

“It’s balanced, it maintains substantial reserves, and it’s focused on supporting Californians,” Newsom said in a statement about the budget.

California also faces potential federal cuts to health care programs and broad economic uncertainty that could force even deeper cuts.

Newsom in May estimated that federal policies — including on tariffs and immigration enforcement — could reduce state tax revenue by $16 billion.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; budget; california; deficit; healthcare; illegals

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Could be raciss.
1 posted on 06/29/2025 10:43:58 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

That’s wacist!!!!!!


2 posted on 06/29/2025 10:51:59 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: Libloather

“Well, son of a bit$h”......


3 posted on 06/29/2025 11:55:02 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Today's Democrat Party is nothing but very bad performance art. )
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To: Libloather

What’s wrong, California? Not enough of other people’s money to spend? Rich people moving out of the state?


4 posted on 06/30/2025 12:17:05 AM PDT by asinclair (Indict DNC for RICO?)
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To: Libloather
Notice the wording: "cutting back access to healthcare".

No one is cutting their "access" to healthcare, they just have to pay for it like everyone else.

The media does the same thing with "access" to a bank account or "access" to food.

If I don't want to pay for someone's groceries every week, I am not denying them "access" to sustenance. I simply don't want to pay for it. They are free to go to the store on their own dime to buy as much food as they want. The media is in a never-ending quest to shape and control the language and messaging in order to control the narrative.

5 posted on 06/30/2025 1:06:31 AM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: asinclair

Newsom cannot explain where $24 billion <— went that was for homeless. Instead of 45,000 homeless there are now over 70,000 homeless in Los Angeles....


6 posted on 06/30/2025 1:13:01 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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To: Libloather

Hahaha... My state of Kalifornias reserve fund has gone from 45 billion to a “projected” 15 billion in just two years. CalPers the Nation’s largest State Employee pension fund is hundreds of billions (some projections are well over a trillion) in unfunded liabilities. The total debt for California cities is over 200 billion. Newsome can’t wait for his term to end. He just hopes this ponzi scheme aka Kalifornia doesn’t go pop before Nov. 2026.


7 posted on 06/30/2025 1:51:26 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Libloather

SMOKE & MIRRORS

NEWSCUM WILL NEVER SUPPORT THE PRODUCERS-—ONLY THE TAKERS


8 posted on 06/30/2025 2:25:34 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Looks like someone explained the difference between “immigrant” and “illegal immigrant” to him. Whether he understands the difference is yet to be seen.


9 posted on 06/30/2025 4:08:23 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (TDS much?)
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To: American Infidel; Libloather

>
Notice the wording: “cutting back access to healthcare”.

No one is cutting their “access” to healthcare, they just have to pay for it like everyone else.
>

Come now, THAT ship has *long* sailed.

You forgot to bring up how it’s “THEIR {X}”, when the TAXPAYERS are on the hook for everything.

Commie Leftists (I repeat myself) == ‘Liberal’ (having ZERO to do w/ Liberty), let alone ‘progressive’

No corrections, even on the right, when ‘criminal illegal aliens’ are instead called ‘immigrants’

Hell, we’re back to ‘{X} keeping more of their OWN property (aka “tax cuts”)’ as having to be ‘financed/paid for’ *facepalm*. For SURE *nobody* on the right says otherwise; that’d begin a discussion NOBODY in govt wants to start.


10 posted on 06/30/2025 5:01:58 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: Libloather

Are the “Dipstick judges” going to allow Newscum to get away with this? The RAT Señators will all be filling the hospitals to have some juice with illegal alien in-patients.


11 posted on 06/30/2025 5:39:07 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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To: Libloather

Wonder what the Newsom show for president gave them in exchange must be a biggie $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


12 posted on 06/30/2025 7:23:44 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Libloather

More smoke and mirrors from the Democrat run state house. What they say and what they do are never the same.


13 posted on 06/30/2025 7:49:57 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: Libloather

The horror, the horror.


14 posted on 06/30/2025 8:00:21 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Libloather

Funny how that $12B is the exact amount California spends on providing illegals with Medi-Cal - a policy enacted by Newsom - who told us it would only cost the state $6B

Newsom is well aware that Trump won’t bail him out - and he can’t print the dollars up himself.


15 posted on 06/30/2025 8:02:38 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: ridesthemiles

Yes, all the way until the state becomes untenable and implodes.

Newsom will then retire to Montana where his wife is from.


16 posted on 06/30/2025 8:04:03 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: Libloather

Next time some clown tries to argue that illegals bring in $, note that this one issue was 4% of California’s total budget... and this is only a partial cutback.


17 posted on 06/30/2025 8:31:56 AM PDT by dangus
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