Government
Sep. 12, 2009
Cheating Children
The governor's cuts to child welfare aren't simply morally wrong, they are also fiscally unsound, write John Burton and Miriam Aroni Krinsky.
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By John Burton and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In an 11th hour line-item budget veto earlier this summer, Gov. Schwarzenegger cut $80 million from the state's child welfare budget - a significant reduction in California's already dramatically under-funded commitment to our most vulnerable children. Ironically, this past week our state leaders have been grappling with reforms of our state's overcrowded and struggling prison system, at the ex...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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