Posted on 07/28/2010 1:30:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Increasing pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that closes a $19 billion shortfall, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state's finances on Wednesday.
In the declaration, Schwarzenegger ordered three furlough days per month beginning in August for thousands of state employees to preserve the state's cash to pay the state's debt obligations and for essential services.
California's budget is several weeks overdue and Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers are at impasse over how to balance the state's books.
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Arnold is never going to realize that he is not living a MADE FOR TV MOVIE..
Have you seen the CA employees in SAC like DMV, Emp,,Labor...It is like a walrus fest...they would all die of heart attacks..
LOL! So true!
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