CaliforniaChoices.org was just re-launched for the November 2012 election, and the newly updated website exami
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In last night’s presidential debate, Republican challenger Mitt Romney offered his plan for reducing the $1.1 trillion deficit. He proposed lowering taxes in a way that would be revenue neutral and reducing federal spending.
Everyone says the federal budget needs to be balanced, but could you make the cuts and raise the taxes? Here is your chance to find out.
The latest version of our budget game, the Federal Budget Challenge, has been online for only two weeks, yet has been played by over 5,000 people from almost half of the states in the
PRESS RELEASE
September 18, 2012
Next 10 Contact: Roxanna Smith, 323.466.2491
The Concord Coalition Contact: Steve Winn, 703.254.7828
WASHINGTON, Sept.
California based Next-10 is putting the online federal budget pen in the hands of ordinary people. The organization has run the California Budget project since 2005, updating the choices facing state lawmakers each year.
This year’s budget balancing tool is sleek and easy to navigate, but the challenge itself is a difficult task. With a $15.7 billion starting deficit, the introduction of voter propositions, and the ability to see how your decisions would affect California citizens in real-time, the challenge is much harder than at first glance. This, however, is all part of Next 10’s effort to make the tool resemble the real process of creating the 2012-2013 California state budget.
Listen to KNX 1070 news anchors Dick Helton and Vicky Moore's interview with Next 10 Founder Noel Perry. This radio segment focused on ideas people have been submitting to solve the state's budget crisis.
Fate of CA Budget in Hands of Voters: Should Voters Approve Tax Hikes? Or, Are Slate of Proposed Spending Cuts the Way to Go?
Updated online tool allows voters to tell lawmakers how they’d balance the budget