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A State in Peril: Gavin Newsom and California's Rapid Decline
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In 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom revealed California's record $100 billion budget surplus—a first in U.S. state history.

Just two years later, the state faces a staggering near $50 billion deficit. This swift reversal is straining California's budget plans and testing its policy ambitions.   

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-state-in-peril-gavin-newsom-and-california-s-rapid-decline/ss-BB1oOmp8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=f2e2aad959054f82a62aa8b043396dcd&ei=46
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Re: A State in Peril: Gavin Newsom and California's Rapid Decline
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2024, 07:02:52 am »
With that kind of fiscal mismanagement, Newsom is the ideal democrat to replace Biden. :whistle:
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Re: A State in Peril: Gavin Newsom and California's Rapid Decline
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2024, 08:53:55 am »
Remember that time Gavin Newsom slept with his campaign manger’s wife?

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1807010014202106103
[H]umanity repeats the worst mistakes of previous generations and ... every free, prosperous civilization will eventually be destroyed by that small fraction of its people who find no satisfaction in anything but anger.
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