Senate Democrats countered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget Monday by proposing $4.9 billion in added taxes to prevent deep cuts in safety-net programs. Republican lawmakers repeated that they refuse to support new taxes, although they have not outlined how they would cut the state’s $19.1 billion deficit, equal to roughly one-fifth of general fund spending…Read More
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