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Failure to Pass Budget Fails the People
| California Politics | |
 This op-ed by Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento originally appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 When lawmakers left Sacramento last month after failing to enact a new state budget, many of them left the concerns of Californians behind, as well.Legislators found time to debate the merits of the state rock and take principled stands for and against plastic bags, but failed at their most fundamental duty – to ensure that we provide for the health, education and welfare of California's 38 million residents, especially its most vulnerable. Carrying out that duty requires reducing the budget deficit and investing our limited resources toward building our future, leaving no one behind. The Legislature's refusal to act keeps postponing hope. Improving educational outcomes, providing access to health care, keeping families together, creating new job opportunities – we all know that these will brighten California's horizon. | |
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