Budget – Page 33 – People's World

Obama deficit control plan draws fire

January 26, 2010 By John Wojcik

President Obama's plan to announce a spending freeze for some domestic programs during his State of the Union address tomorrow is drawing fire.

Calif. governor proposes ‘Terminator’ budget

January 11, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's final budget proposals, issued Jan. 8, are assuring that when he leaves office at the end of this year, he will be forever known as "the terminator" in real life as well...

Federal aid urgently needed to avoid state budget catastrophes

November 24, 2009 By John Bachtell

CHICAGO— Looming behind the 17 million jobless tsunami hitting the country is another disaster: over $180 billion in accumulated budget deficits set to devastate state governments, according to a new study by the Pew Center for...

New York state budget: the money is there, if you look for it

November 10, 2009 By Dan Margolis

Yesterday, Gov. David Paterson made a speech before an extraordinary joint session of the State Senate and Assembly, pushing the legislative bodies to accept his plan to alleviate the state's more than $3.2 billion deficit for...

Black Caucus hearing exposes anti-people budget

May 27, 2005 By Joseph Hancock And Martha Hancock

LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a revision to his budget proposal on May 13, which seeks to close an $8.6 billion budget gap by slashing social services. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus,...