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Do as I say...

February 20, 2008 - 1:45 PM
by Carmen Balber

California's state legislative analyst just announced that the projected budget deficit has jumped another $1.5 billion to $16 billion for 2008-09. Luckily, the governor issued an executive order yesterday to freeze state hiring and impose an immediate 1.5% reduction in all government agencies' spending. At least someone's taking this budget chaos seriously, right? Perhaps, but there's more 'Do as I say, not as I do' to the governor's action. According to the Associated Press...

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