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Tue Jul 17, 2012, 11:00 PM Jul 2012

PBS NewsHour: States Plagued by Fiscal Problems, Pension Payments

Grim findings from a task force come amid further setbacks to the nation's economic health. Jeffrey Brown discusses eroding revenues, state budget cuts and steep pension obligations with former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch (D), the report's co-chair, and Susan Urahn of the Pew Center on the States. (Transcript)



Suzy Khimm wrote on Ezra Klein's Wonkblog: "States are using gimmicks to hide their budget woes, but their fiscal problems are here to stay"
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