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California Proposition 77

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in trouble in California where he has four propositions up for a vote this year. Current polls show him losing on all four counts, which is a shame because one of them — Proposition 77 — deserves to pass. Prop. 77 is designed to change the way in which California’s political boundaries […]

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TABOR: Something to Watch

TABOR amendments are cropping up around the country as various conservative groups try to follow through on their ‘shrink government no matter what’ policies. TABOR stands for ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’ and is a state level constitutional amendment that restricts the growth of state spending to a highly restrictive formula: population growth plus inflation. The […]

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More on Walmart

Following up on my note yesterday about Walmart: Rep. Anthony Weiner, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and Sen. Jon Corzine recently introduced the Health Care Accountability Act in Congress, which would require states to disclose the names of large employers whose workers are on Medicaid as a result of the companies refusal to provide insurance benefits. The […]

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