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Puff Daddy and Two-Pack Meet the Deficit
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 8.28.2002
Turning a two-year budget surplus of $12 billion into a deficit of $24 billion, California’s current predicament, is a tough act to follow by any standard. But a debt-relief plan currently making the rounds here may be up to the task, at least in terms of irony, because it makes the state dependent on the very groups it has punished: smokers and the Big Tobacco companies.
Ipso Fatso, Part Deux
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 8.8.2002
Several years ago the government of California, which has better things to do, scolded residents for their eating habits, prompting a response in this space. The sequel involves a weighty tale of a different sort, with a potentially huge conflict.
Drug Profits For A Better Tomorrow
Submitted by Chris Middleton on 8.1.2002
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