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| OpEd: GOP won't cut prisons |
| By Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 09/22/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - One sad example of the way partisan polarization has helped produce the state's perpetual deficits is the ever-growing budget of the state prison system. Despite a $15 billion shortfall and a public that repeatedly says the prisons should be the lowest spending priority in government, lawmakers couldn't make a significant dent in prison spending in the budget they approved Friday. The blame for this failure lies squarely on the shoulders of Republicans in the Legislature. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic lawmakers agreed earlier this year on a set of carefully written reforms that would have made the prisons more effective, and cheaper. Democrats estimated the savings at $445 million. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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