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States without budgets as key deadline passes
AP via Yahoo ^

Posted on 07/02/2009 6:14:42 AM PDT by Slapshot68

The finances of several states around the nation are sinking deeper into chaos as lawmakers struggle to work out budget differences amid a recession that has wiped out tax revenue and set the stage for dramatic cuts in service and pay for government workers.

The start of the new fiscal year arrived Wednesday with states from California to Connecticut still without spending plans in place.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as state officials plan to pay bills with IOUs starting Thursday.

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Note the states having the most trouble. CA, Illinois, NY.... LA, Chicago, NYC. Liberal welfare wet dream states.


1 posted on 07/02/2009 6:14:43 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Slapshot68

Next, will obama appoint a State Czar to take over the states?


2 posted on 07/02/2009 6:21:00 AM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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I wonder when someone is going to point out to our cocky president that his czars are unconstitutional.


3 posted on 07/02/2009 6:32:33 AM PDT by Havok ( www.survivalblog.com)
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I believe his entire persona in the WH is unconstitutional
He has said the constitution is a flawed document-you know what a 16 yr old (his mental age, I believe) does when they argue that kind of logic

Furthermore, this president is on transmit-only mode, the
“receive” function is disabled


4 posted on 07/02/2009 6:36:52 AM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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To: silverleaf
Furthermore, this president is on transmit-only mode, the “receive” function is disabled

You think he's ever been a receiver, or maybe catcher, in some situations?

5 posted on 07/02/2009 7:12:37 AM PDT by MichiganConservative (Just say "No" to socialism.)
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uh uh uh

I believe I’ll direct that question to that man in back of the room, with a gym bag......


6 posted on 07/02/2009 7:32:07 AM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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To: silverleaf
Next, will obama appoint a State Czar to take over the states?

As in "czar of New York", "czar of New Jersey", etc., with "czar of all the states" being reserved for himself.

7 posted on 07/02/2009 8:38:15 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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