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  • CA: Candidate for governor displays displeasure for inflated deficit ('Phiddling' Phil)

    08/31/2005 9:02:27 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 267+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 8/31/05 | Christina Vance
    State Treasurer Phil Angelides, a Democratic candidate for governor in 2006, used a roomful of Bakersfield children and an odometer-style ticker Tuesday to draw attention to California's hefty debt. The "California Debt Clock unveiling" inside a day care on South Real Road was just one of Angelides' stops across the state to express his displeasure with borrowing. The clock, about the size of two taped-together pieces of poster board, read more than $25 billion debt in glaring red electric letters. The clock also displayed the debt share amount for a family of four: about $2,700. Angelides said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's...