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- <title>
- Aug. 24, 1992: A Flicker of Hope
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Aug. 24, 1992 George Bush: The Fight of His Life
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 10
- NATION
- A Flicker of Hope
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- <p>California's Governor breaks the silence on the budget deadlock
- </p>
- <p> After 45 days without a state budget, Californians wondered
- how long they could continue to get by in their truly and
- surreally cashless society. Weariness turned to anxiety when a
- federal appeals court ruled that the state had no legal authority
- to continue to pay out scrip for state medical insurance, known
- as Medi-Cal, to doctors and hospitals that care for the needy.
- </p>
- <p> Responding to that new pressure and the exhaustion of
- weeks of closed-door negotiations, Republican Governor Pete
- Wilson last Friday offered up a new budget proposal that scaled
- back some previous demands but kept severe cuts in education
- and welfare. His plan was expected to meet continued resistance
- when it went before the Democratic-controlled legislature this
- week. "Enough is enough," Wilson pleaded. "Innocent people are
- suffering because of the inability of those in the capitol to
- make difficult decisions."
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- </body></article>
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