ARTICLE: How Politicians Bankrupted California
July 2, 2009
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PRINTThis article on RealClearPolitics.com asks a series of key questions: What caused California's $24 billion deficit? What has given California the highest sales and gas taxes in the country, the highest vehicle license fees and second-highest top-bracket income tax? The blame should be placed on the politicians: the people who are in charge of California's spending practices and the people who need to start working for Californians and not the other way around.
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