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COMMENTS: Budget Cuts? We’ve Got Budget Cuts
The Tea Party's drive to reduce the size of government is succeeding in spades. ABC's Barbara Pinto ticked off plans to cut government borrowing by $430bn nationwide: fewer state cellphones in California; no senior year in high school in Texas; less healthcare for poor people in Arizona; laid-off police replaced by Guardian Angels' patrols in New Jersey. The cuts will be even greater later this year when $66bn in federal aid to the states dries up. Illinois is raising taxes to try to close its budget deficit. CBS' Dean Reynolds used statistics to make the hike sound horrendous--66%; in reality that means personal income taxes going up to 5% from 3%. That 5% places Illinois "in the middle of the pack" compared with the other 49 states.
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