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California faces fresh problems funding huge deficit ('Tightwad' Timmy Geithner says No to states)
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 5/21/09 | Reuters

Posted on 05/21/2009 1:20:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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California's struggle to fund its budget deficit faced fresh problems on Thursday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner refused to use bank bailout money to help state finances

Don't you believe it. The Obama regime needs it's socialists kept paid and happy to remain in power.

It will happen, albeit if not this way then something less obvious but just as destructive.

Did he actually qualify it as "Bank Bailout" money? He's pretty much committing the money from elsewhere, IMHO.

21 posted on 05/21/2009 1:54:13 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Who knows what they will do before they will take a look at this problem:

Growing numbers of children of illegal immigrants are being born in this country, and they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty than those with American-born parents...

Overall, illegal immigrants’ children account for one of every 15 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. In 2008, California had the most illegal immigrants at 2.7 million, double its 1990 number, followed by Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/19175382/detail.html

More than 1 million people became citizens in 2008

Leading countries of birth of new citizens were:
Mexico (122,258)

Largest number of people naturalizing lived in:
California (181,684), New York (73,676) and Florida (54,563).
SOURCE: Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of Homeland Security
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/WestVolusia/wvlHEAD03WEST012209.htm


22 posted on 05/21/2009 2:01:21 PM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: Doe Eyes

Singapore does something like this already. Fines for all the petty annoyances by impolite people. However, because they also rarely use caning, and execute drug dealers, nobody notices signs offering fines for things like urinating in elevators.

They also have “appearance” laws, such as signs like “Men with long hair will be served last”.


23 posted on 05/21/2009 2:24:09 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Singapore does something like this already. Fines for all the petty annoyances by impolite people.

Singapore also has some of the lowest income taxes in the world (maximum rate is 20%).

24 posted on 05/21/2009 2:31:03 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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Gov Schwarzenegger warned that if taxing initiatives were voted down,
(1) govt services would be slashed, (2) criminals released, and,
(3) public employees furloughed.

Why worry? Nancy will get Obama to save the Dem voter base.

25 posted on 05/21/2009 6:13:05 PM PDT by Liz (Everything Obama says comes with an expiration date.)
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