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Tue, Feb 2, 2010 -- 9:00 AM
2011 U.S. Budget
President Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for the fiscal year starting October 1st includes cutting spending on federal programs and raising $2 trillion in taxes. And it still foresees a major healthcare overhaul. We look at how the proposed budget might affect California.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Carolyn Lochhead, Washington correspondent with the San Francisco Chronicle
- David Henderson, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California
- Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project
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