{"article":{"id":231237,"heading":"California\u2019s Budget Crisis: The Rich Profit, Workers Pay","author":"muffy_sunde","created":"2009-10-17 13:00:20","modified":"2013-11-11 01:01:11","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:01:11","article":"<p>The governor and Legislature&rsquo;s budget decisions to gut social services, lay-off public sector workers and decimate public education are designed to bolster privatization and benefit big industry and the well-to-do. Take part in a discussion with other working and poor folk about alternative solutions&mdash;like taxing the rich-- to the state budget mess. Join forces with others to demand that our taxes pay for human needs instead of endless wars, corporate bailouts and golden parachutes for CEO&rsquo;s!  <br><br> A home-cooked dinner will be served at 6:30pm for a modest donation. The meeting will be held at Solidarity Hall, 2170 W. Washington Bl.  (off the 10 freeway at Western, on bus lines 35, 207 &amp; 550)  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"fspla@earthlink.net","link":"www.socialism.com","address":"2170 w washington bl los angeles ca","phone":"323-732-6416","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Public report and discussion of the who, why, what, and what next of the California State Budget.  Includes strategizing on how to build a movement to demand a sane, pro worker budget","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2009\/10\/231237.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}