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  • GOP Legislators Block Budget (California GOP Calls Democratic Girly Men On Their Budget Bloat Alert)

    06/16/2005 1:04:27 AM PDT · by goldstategop · 5 replies · 397+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 06/16/05 | Evan Halper
    Republicans, who until this week had been expecting Democrats to resist the governor's budget plans, said during Wednesday's debate that they had too little time to examine the details of the budget bill, that it defers too many costs, and that it leaves in place programs the state may be unable to afford in the future. "It digs a deeper hole next year," Ackerman said. Separating the two sides is about $1.1 billion in spending — less than 1% of the budget. Democrats want to wait another year before repaying $600 million borrowed from local governments to balance last year's...
  • Obesity Will Now Bloat The Budget

    07/23/2004 6:40:59 AM PDT · by .cnI redruM · 17 replies · 657+ views
    Knight Of The Mind ^ | Friday, July 23, 2004 | .cnI redruM
    It hurts me to admit this, but I'm one of those people that I'd never want to sit next to aboard a Saab Turboprop. It's not like I'm Michael Moore fat, but there's enough there there so that I won't be freezing if my bosses send me TDY to Alaska. I can feel better now. Those bombing runs at Cici's Pizza and Ryan's Steakhouse are not my fault. I'm no longer a reprobate according to the people administering The Prescription Drug Panderation Act. I have a medical condition, and it's not an abnormal failure of the vital self-discipline gland. I...