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California only hours away from total ruin
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| 6/30/03
Posted on 06/30/2003 6:47:26 AM PDT by meandog
LOS ANGELES -- Any day now, community colleges here may begin telling faculty members that they cannot be paid and students that summer classes are canceled.
Nursing homes are losing so much state aid that many soon may have to shut down or limit their services, a prospect that has elderly residents confused and frightened.
As many as 30,000 government workers who had been expecting pay raises in the fall are instead receiving formal notices warning that they could lose their jobs by then, because the state is broke.
This is life in California, on the brink of a fiscal disaster.
The nation's most populous state, home to one of the world's largest economies, has been staring in disbelief at the same dire predicament for months: a $38 billion deficit, the largest shortfall in its history and an extreme example of the budget woes afflicting many states. But now it has only hours left to solve the problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; california; davis
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So hw many hours does Davis have?
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posted on
06/30/2003 6:47:26 AM PDT
by
meandog
To: meandog
Now we'll see if Brulte et al. can stand the heat.
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posted on
06/30/2003 6:50:57 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(A faith in Justice, none in "fairness")
To: meandog
Why not post the whole article?
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posted on
06/30/2003 6:54:06 AM PDT
by
Rudder
To: meandog
Illegal aliens will continue, however, to receive benefits, thanks to Gov. Davis.
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posted on
06/30/2003 6:58:24 AM PDT
by
B Knotts
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: Rudder
"Why not post the whole article?"
No time - the sky is falling!
To: meandog
Zip pidee do daa... looking forward to the sound of 5 million worthless state employees screaming in unison.
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posted on
06/30/2003 6:59:43 AM PDT
by
skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: Rudder
My question, too. But the link leads to WashingtonPost.com.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:00:34 AM PDT
by
William Terrell
(People can exist without government but government can't exist without people)
To: Rudder
It is a Washington Post Article. Free Republic as per a legal settlement can't post a full article of the Compost or LA Slimes.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:00:43 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Evil Old White Devil Californian Grampa for big Al Sharpton, Nader & Peter Camejo!)
To: Rudder
Why not post the whole article? It's from the Washington Post, and FR has a legal settlement with the WP that says only excerpts are allowed here.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:01:08 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Dump the income tax -- support an NRST!)
To: Rudder
Why not post the whole article? No can do, due to the LAT/WP settlement.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:01:11 AM PDT
by
B Knotts
To: meandog
The state has to go into this condition, and then Wall Street hopefully will take over the budget process.
Then, we will have a real budget with real cuts. Also, that will be the beginning of the end of Davis's as a Rat political leader.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:02:26 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Evil Old White Devil Californian Grampa for big Al Sharpton, Nader & Peter Camejo!)
To: meandog
Officials say that when California does collapse, it will go into forclosure and will be parcelled and given to Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:04:57 AM PDT
by
CougarGA7
(Maybe we can buy California on Ebay.)
To: Grampa Dave
California will HAVE to stand up or FALL. They voted for Davis and he laughed all the way to his throne.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:05:17 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: meandog
But the illegal aliens will be well fed, the heroin addicts will have their free needles, Davis will still have his body guards, his limo driver, gas for his limo, a well stocked pantry in the Governers Mansion, where is the crisis? As long as there are checks in the check book, he can keep spending.
To: B Knotts
Illegal aliens will continue, however, to receive benefits, thanks to Gov. Davis. At least the benefits will have to come out of the state beauracrat's pocket this time.
hat is, unless the guv wants to rob the last productive family clean out of the state.
Which I'm not certain he wouldn't be willing to do.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:06:35 AM PDT
by
skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: CougarGA7
Officials say that when California does collapse, it will go into forclosure and will be parcelled and given to Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona.I think they should give it to North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:07:18 AM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: Grampa Dave
Maybe if the bankers take over we'll finally get to hear where the money really goes. Of course, there will also be lucrative loans involved with heavy finance charges. Those sharks are not our friends.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:07:33 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(California: Where government is pornography, every day!)
To: HIDEK6
They would but it would be a logistical nightmare. Kinda like when Maine was part of Massacheusetts. Hawaii has requested San Diego though so they can consolidate the Pacific Naval assets.
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posted on
06/30/2003 7:10:36 AM PDT
by
CougarGA7
(Maybe we can buy California on Ebay.)
To: HIDEK6
And Iowa. Lots of Iowegians in CAL.
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