May 12, 2004

PASSING DOWN THE DEFICIT:
FEDERAL POLICIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE STATE FISCAL CRISIS

By Iris J. Lav and Andrew Brecher

New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Maryland New Hampshire Vermont Maine New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey District of Columbia Delaware Maryland Ohio West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Indiana Michigan Mississippi Illinois Wisconsin Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Colorado Texas New Mexico Hawaii Alaska Arizona Utah Wyoming Montana Idaho Nevada California Oregon Washington

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Alaska Idaho Minnesota North Dakota Vermont
Arizona Illinois Mississippi Ohio Virginia
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Colorado Kansas Nebraska Pennsylvania Wisconsin
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Delaware Louisiana New Hampshire South Carolina
Dist of Columbia Maine New Jersey South Dakota
Florida Maryland New Mexico Tennessee
Georgia Massachusetts New York Texas  

 

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