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SACRAMENTO - He says California has a "spending problem, not a revenue problem," but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a budget providing more money for health care, billions more for education and still millions more for other new and expanded programs.
From $6 million for a new obesity-prevention program to $10.4 million to hire 116 additional tax collectors, the governor's 2005- 06 state budget proposes record spending of nearly $112 billion while holding the overall spending increase to 4.2 percent.See the full content of this document
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Governor's Budget Hikes Spending
Administration officials defend the budget and the overall spending increase, saying the plan controls spending growth - partly by cutting several individual programs, including social programs in areas that have seen rapid increases.
"This is a budget that is responsible not because it cuts, but because it reduces the rate of growth," Schwarzenegge...See the full content of this document
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