As California Governor Jerry Brown continues to push for a referendum on increasing tax revenues in his state, Mark Muro discusses budget deficits across various states in the western U.S. Muro explains the longstanding disconnect between revenues and expenditures and offers lessons to legislators eager to balance their budgets.
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Addressing State Budget Deficits in the Western U.S.
January 28, 2011