[URL="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-statebudget-fl,0,95571.htmlstory"]Balance the CA Budget[/URL]

[quote][B]Interactive: California budget balancer[/B]

                                                           Try your hand at closing California’s budget shortfall, estimated at $24 billion. It’s not easy, but it can be done. Cut spending, raise taxes and/or borrow to get the state out of the red. For each choice -- drawn from proposals from across the political spectrum -- we’ve tried to give some sense of the effects. As you craft your proposal, the Deficit Meter will show your progress.

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