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Sanford: Health care plan will eat 40% of SC’s budget
6 hours ago ago from South Carolina Radio Network
Gov. Mark Sanford is calling on U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and other proponents of the health care plan to change their position. Sanford is calling on the plan to be scrapped all together, or at least seriously changed. Sanford says the legislation as written would expand South Carolina Medicaid rolls by 543,000 people, costing the state's taxpayers an additional $1.17 billion annually in 10 years and eating up almost 40 ...
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19 hours ago ago from The Centrist
The Democratic Senate is on the verge of going along and passing their version of Obamacare Healthcare reform. The Democrats in the House passed their version of historic healthcare reform in November 2009. The reconciled bill and all of its implications for 1/6 of the US GDP and millions of Americans will one day be sent to President Obama's desk for signature. This Centrist is forecasting that that day will be MLK's birthday in 2010. ...
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Related contentAs Anambra budgets N67bn
15 hours ago ago from Naija Edition
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—GOVERNOR Peter Obi has presented a budget proposal of N67 billion for the 2010 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval. Here is the original: As Anambra budgets N67bn
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22 hours ago ago from The Kentucky Pachyderm 2
Our state's clueless governor continued his poor-mouthing of the state's financial picture this week, saying the revenue estimates issued by the Consensus Forecasting Group are better than expected but still not good enough. (No doubt he'll continue his drumbeat for casino gambling in the state as he still frantically tries to get gambling approved in Kentucky to appease those who financed his 2007 campaign and who he will want to pony up the ...
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Wis. governor says 2009 was hardest year in office
1 minute ago ago from U.S. News
Wis. governor says 2009 was hardest year in office MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday the economic recession made 2009 his most challenging year in office, but Wisconsin responded well by helping the unemployed and positioning itself for recovery. In a year-end interview at the governor's residence, Doyle said the hardest part was watching people struggle after losing jobs through no fault of their own. "There's just no ...
Related contentNJ gov trims budget as gov-elect plans more cuts
4 hours ago ago from U.S. News
NJ gov trims budget as gov-elect plans more cuts TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has whacked more than $800 million from the current state budget less than a month before leaving office, he said Tuesday as his successor announced preparations for steep reductions for the fiscal year ahead. The $839 million in Corzine's additional cuts include $100 million from eliminating the state's contribution to the employee pension ...
Related contentCensus Figures Show Slower Growth Across the Sun Belt
2 hours ago ago from The New York Times
MIAMI The Sun Belt states that grew like fertilized weeds during the real estate boom are now experiencing sharp declines in population growth, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. Those states are still projected to gain seats in Congress after the 2010 census, while industrial states in the Northeast are likely to lose seats. But in yet another sign of recession's power to reshape established demographic trends, the new figures show that ...
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