ust six weeks after being signed into law, California's $103 billion budget is in the red by more than $11 billion — prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday to take the extraordinary step of calling legislators back to the Capitol to weigh a package of deep spending cuts and new taxes...
President-elect Obama has proposed to fix Social Security by transforming it from a partial contribution-linked, old-age benefit program into a more explicit tax-and-transfer regime...
From smashing fundraising records to prepping for debates to flying East to advise on the country's financial meltdown, Bay Area residents are among John McCain's and Barack Obama's very top counselors and fundraisers...
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