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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 30 July | 95 comments (93 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

The republican wet dream of low taxes arrives at its logical conclusion

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jul 29th, 2010 at 05:14:01 PM EST
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No, this is just a way of justifying sacking large parts of the state staff. Rinse and repeat. I think California will continue on this merry path for a few years yet.

And you'll find any number of Californias who will defend this as getting rid of leaching public servants with $200k/yr salaries and gold plated limos and all that. The fact is that the roads are asphalt cobbles, the amenities rotting, and we loved to play 'school or prison' whilst there.

by njh on Thu Jul 29th, 2010 at 07:39:30 PM EST
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Re: Economy and Finance (none / 0)

That's how many budget emergencies in how many years?

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 02:32:47 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 30 July | 95 comments (93 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

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