6/23/09

California

…California is facing a multi-notch downgrade


…if it fails to resolve its budget woes


Moody’s Investors Service said


 


“If the legislature does not take action quickly


the state’s cash situation will deteriorate to the point


 where the controller will have to delay


 most non-priority payments


 in July


 


Lack of action


 could result in a multi-notch downgrade”


Moody’s said


 


Moody’s Joins S&P in Warning on California Debt


New York Times, June 19, 2009


 


Can the wants of a few who know


outweigh the needs of many that don’t until enough figure it out?


 


If power can corrupt a few


can apathy devastate many?


 


To help balance its budget


California has reduced the state tax credit


for dependents


 


The change will increase a family's California taxes for 2009


by about $210 per dependent compared with 2008


 


This may come as a shock to parents


who have been too busy shuttling between soccer games


…to keep up with the state's budget fiasco


 


State cuts tax exemptions for kids


Kathleen Pender


San Francisco Chronicle, June 23, 2009

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