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Is Greece California? (Deflation Edition)

If sovereign and municipal credit markets tighten,
how could unemployment and business profitability be affected
if Greece, some other relatively weak European countries
and some US states implement severe budget cutbacks and tax increases
to balance budget deficits?

If the EU/US doesn’t bailout Greece/California
could the Euro and the US dollar retain credibility as commodity prices fall?

Could deleveraging in developed countries [...]

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Is Greece California? (Inflation Edition)

Under a shared common currency, can a Eurozone member like Greece,
or an American state like California, inflate out of excessive spending and debt?

What could some unintended consequences be
if the European Union and/or the US federal government
intentionally inflate money supplies
to subsidize EU member and/or American state spending, debt and deficits?

Why would some oil exporters become reluctant [...]

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Los Angeles Budget Cuts

Council Committee Recommends Cuts To Police, Fire Departments

…the Los Angeles City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee on Monday recommended that cuts be made to the police and fire department…

The city is operating $208.5 million in the red and must make drastic cuts to make its fiscal budget by July. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana is [...]

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If California tax revenues were more than $1 billion off estimates 10 weeks into fiscal 2009-2010, how much could North Carolina be short, what will most likely be cut, and how much local taxes could be confiscated next?

For the first three months of the fiscal year, [California] total General Fund revenue was nearly $1.1 billion below the recently amended 2009-10 Budget Act estimates.

 

“Revenues more than $1 billion under estimates and recent adverse court rulings are dealing a [...]

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What could be California’s job loss to budget cut ratio?

Cuts in California, New York Times

$5.8 billion – K-12 Education

$2.0 billion - Higher Education

$1.7 billion - Local Redevelopment [...]

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California Budget

Cuts to public schools are expected to force teacher layoffs,

more crowded classrooms

and scaled-back offerings in art, music and sports.

 

College students will pay hundreds of dollars more per year in fees,

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California II

…there is currently no tax proposal being discussed in budget talks

regardless of Schwarzenegger’s claims to the contrary

 

…the savings from many of these reforms may, with luck

 just offset the $1.5 billion [...]

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California

Even if California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers

quickly plug a $26.3 billion deficit to balance the state’s budget

the state’s weak revenues signal that a new shortfall will emerge

 

…a balanced [...]

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Furloughs

With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year

a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce

for savings

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Should good paying jobsmigrate away from regionswith high taxes, crime and excessive debt?

…officials began issuing billions of dollars in “IOUs”

 to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new fiscal year

 without an agreement to balance the state’s books

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