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"Left Coast"??...yeah...sure...
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Business the big winner in California budget planFirms would get nearly $1 billion in breaks, while the average person would pay higher taxes five ways. Republicans say the plan would create jobs, but others dispute the claim.By Evan Halper
February 14, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento -- The average Californian's taxes would shoot up five different ways in the state budget blueprint that lawmakers hope to vote on this weekend. But the bipartisan plan for wiping out the state's giant deficit isn't so bad for large corporations, many of which would receive a permanent windfall.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget-taxbreaks14-2009feb14,0,1807568.story---