This is what California should be doing.

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PHILADELPHIA - The city will close libraries and swimming pools, suspend planned tax reductions, cut more than 800 jobs and trim salaries for some administrators in order to weather "an economic storm" that could leave the city with a $1 billion shortfall, Mayor Michael Nutter said Thursday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27577140/

Might not be a popular move but costs need to be cut. Period.

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