Ezra Klein Archive: California
California vs. Texas: The Jekyll and Hyde of health-care reform
So Texas is making noises about ditching Medicaid, but on the other end of the spectrum, some blue states are rushing to embrace the program's expansion under the federal health-care reform law as quickly as possible. Take California, for example:...
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Suzy Khimm
| November 11, 2010; 6:17 PM ET |
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California, Government, Health, Health Coverage, Health Reform, Obama administration, states
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Tom Campbell is baaaaaaaad
It's almost impossible for me to believe that this ad comparing fiscal conservatives to sheep -- but in a good way! -- is real. But it is! The problem with Tom Campbell, the ad says, is all of his independent...
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Ezra Klein
| February 3, 2010; 6:07 PM ET |
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California is getting even crazier
Want to impose a three-fifths majority for passing a budget in California? How about include "fertilized eggs" in the state constitution's definition of a human being? Want to force schools to offer Christmas music? How about drug test legislators?...
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Ezra Klein
| January 11, 2010; 11:33 AM ET |
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The Golden State begs
California is now begging for a bailout, though they don't want to call it that: California's political leaders, who are facing the daunting challenge of closing an estimated $20.7 billion budget deficit this year, are looking to Washington for help....
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Ezra Klein
| January 4, 2010; 3:05 PM ET |
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The folly of term limits
After I wrote my column on the problem of the filibuster, I got a lot of e-mails agreeing with the thrust of the piece, but urging term limits as the real answer to the dysfunctions of the Congress. After...
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Ezra Klein
| January 4, 2010; 1:30 PM ET |
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California's scary sneak preview
This column originally appeared in the Sunday business section. We Californians pride ourselves on the crystal-ball quality of our state. Auto emissions regulations, the tech boom and bust, Ronald Reagan, Hispanic immigration, the anti-tax revolt, the mortgage bubble, the...
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Ezra Klein
| January 4, 2010; 9:00 AM ET |
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