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Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil... by thedance on Sunday March 29, 2020 @12:36AM (#22716456)
Jerry Brown passed the California "rainy day fund" in November 2014 on the same ballot on which he was re-elected. Literally re-elected on a budget surplus platform.
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Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil... by tathougies on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:15AM (#22716624)
Too bad the surplus came from cutting the emergency preparedness programs that ought to have been funded by a surplus.
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Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil... by WalterBright on Sunday March 29, 2020 @04:10AM (#22717240)
Having a budget surplus platform is not at all the same thing as having a budget surplus.
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