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The Dimming of a Dream in California

The California dream is fading. In the wake of a crisis-induced budget deal endorsed by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and passed Friday by a Democratic-controlled Legislature, Californians can look forward to drastic cuts in higher education enrollment and increased student fees and tuition, significant reductions in health coverage for the working poor, an end to cost-of-living increases for government workers and teachers, elimination of state support for immunization programs, reduction of welfare payments, and the closure of as many as 50 state parks. ...

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