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California Legislators Pass New Budget

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There's an old saying that you can't spend money you don't have. But over the past decade or so that hasn't stopped California governors and legislators, who often use budget gimmicks and fuzzy math to make the books look balanced. But a funny thing happened in Sacramento this week, when Governor Jerry Brown and Democrats in the Legislature agreed to a budget that spends less than the state might actually take in.

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