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Where does your state government or U.S. representative candidate stand? Here are two key questions to ask:

What are you going to do about unfunded liabilities like pensions? What are you going to do about the more than $74 trillion dollar debt that has already been accumulated?

With what money will you use to pay for the programs you're proposing?

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News

Rhode Island expected to end year with $102.7-million surplus
5/16/2012
The projected surplus for the current 2011-12 state budget year is $102.7 million, according to Budget Officer Thomas Mullaney.

California deficit has soared to $16 billion, Gov. Jerry Brown says
5/12/2012
The bigger deficit is a significant setback for California, which has struggled to turn the page on a devastating budget crisis. Brown, who announced the deficit on YouTube, is expected to outline his full budget proposal on Monday in Sacramento.

Lawyers for the needy decry Florida budget veto
5/3/2012
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Director Bob Bertisch had high hopes that Gov. Rick Scott would spend one of his workdays learning how Bertisch's lawyers help low-income domestic violence victims and poor homeowners fighting foreclosures.

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Download our Financial State of the States Report
5/2/2012
See Your State's Financial State of the State at: StateBudgetWatch.org

Giving Legacy Radio Show - State of our States with Sheila Weinberg
5/2/2012
Sheila outlines the state of our states' finances and how we do not just have a federal debt problem but the fiscal crisis flows down to our states. Listen to the issues as they discuss potential solutions in the inaugural week of the Giving Legacy Show.

California Watchdog says Los Angeles teeters on the brink of bankruptcy
5/1/2012
Taxpayers in Los Angeles are facing a major crisis if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other officials do not begin to address the systemic, structural issues putting the city on the fast track to economic upheaval.