Unused Tax Money Could Fund Health Care, Cut Deficit
"Ballot-box budgeting" is "one reason the state is staring at a $15 billion deficit," George Skelton writes in an opinion piece. Sen. Dave Cox (R-Fair Oaks) has proposed legislation to seize the unused $2.4 billion from a program created under Proposition 10 to fund children's health insurance efforts, and local schools and government, according to Skelton.
- "Tax Money Scattered in Sacred Pots One Reason for State's Huge Deficit" (Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 5/29).