Cameron English
			Business & Economics				
			
		Democrats: Increase oil and tobacco taxes to close budget gap
			The dedicated, selfless legislators in Sacramento have been working hard to sort out California’s budget crisis. And after months and months of negotiations, they’ve come up with solution: the taxpayers can make up the $24 billion budget shortfall. The Bee reported on June 15th that “[t]obacco and oil severance taxes ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Cameron English		
				
																						
			June 16, 2009		
				
					Democrats: Increase oil and tobacco taxes to close budget gap
			The dedicated, selfless legislators in Sacramento have been working hard to sort out California’s budget crisis. And after months and months of negotiations, they’ve come up with solution: the taxpayers can make up the $24 billion budget shortfall. The Bee reported on June 15th that “[t]obacco and oil severance taxes ...