The already-striking disparities in student spending between Peninsula school districts could grow even larger with deep state budget cuts looming, local educators warn.
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With upwards of twenty five thousand protesters in and around the state capitol in Madison and Democratic state senators in an undisclosed location, Wisconsin has become the political story of the week. It has also become a mirror onto our national debate about how to best combat our fiscal woes. As we consider how to best combat the worst fiscal situation in generations, it is worthwhile to step back and think about how budgeting actually gets done.
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The loudest voices in California’s budget crisis belong to those on the political right who contend that increasing taxes to cover the deficit would doom the state to perpetual recession, and those on the left who argue that reducing spending would likewise devastate the economy.
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