budget crisis
Anger erupts over slash-to-the-bone state budget
December 22, 2010SEATTLE - Public employee unions and the people they serve denounced the budget unveiled by Gov. Chris Gregoire, which slashes vital services and jobs.
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A do-it-yourself kit on plutocracy and the deficit
November 22, 2010How can you tell whether you live in a plutocracy? Easy. Just conduct this simple test.
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The Afghanistan deficit
November 18, 2010Over the next four years, if we don't start winding this war down, it will cost $260 billion to $400 billion: more than half, or nearly all, of the projected deficit.
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Austerity is wrong medicine for bleeding economy
November 17, 2010What is delaying an economic recovery is not too much spending and a growing deficit, but not enough federal spending.
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Golden State hanging on by its fingernails
October 7, 2010California’s budget may be about to stagger over the finish line, nearly 100 days late - but it won't be pretty.
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