• TOPICS
• States of Emergency
• Twenty-one states, including several of the nation’s largest, face a combined budget shortfall of at least $36 billion for 2009. Another 7 states expect budget problems next year or the year after.
• http://www.cbpp.org/1-15-08sfp.htm
• http://www.cbpp.org/1-8-08sfp.htm
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/11/MNCUUD91O.DTL
• Is there a solution?
• Is the solution budget cuts or taxes?
• What's going on here?

• LINKS
• The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• http://www.cbpp.org/info.html
• "The Center conducts research and analysis to inform public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that the needs of low-income families and individuals are considered in these debates. We also develop policy options to alleviate poverty, particularly among working families."
• Kucinich On How We Got Into This Mess
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ewk-gDqhmbk&feature=related
• Dec. 28, 2007 - Is this and example of why he was bumped from debates?
• Show Me the Money
• How California Schools Get Funded. A simple animation showing where the money comes from and where it goes in California.
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5izf7EWYmU

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