"While California has been criticized for spending beyond its means, much of the current deficit can be traced to a steep economic downturn that has robbed the state of tax revenue."
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Deal reached to close Calif’s $26B budget deficit
Really? The state has been “robbed”? Well, if the politicians hadn’t spent our money like drunken sailors since the 90’s boom, then refused to cut or reform any government agency or programs. If they hadn’t regulated and taxed the businesses out of this state. Maybe we could have weathered this drop in the economy. I guess these morons have never heard of a rainy day or only making obligations you can sustain. What about the tax payers who have been robbed by the politicians in Sacramento, the same people who refuse to account for their management of our money. They weren’t “robbed”. We were.
