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Jerry Brown - Meg Whitman debate: California state budget

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Tom Brokaw called the California budget a budget of ‘smoke and mirrors’ and pressed Jerry Brown to talk about what he would propose as governor.

Brown said he wanted to fast-track the budget process, starting ‘two weeks after the election,’ even before he’s sworn in.

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‘I want to take it on the road,’ he said. ‘I think we have to articulate in a very clear way, what is California government.’

‘I want to see the governor cut 10 to 15% of his budget,’ he said.

Whitman said ‘the next governor has to have a plan,’ and criticized Brown for not having one.

‘It will be the same old same old’ if Brown is elected, she said.

‘I’ve got a very detailed plan,’ said Whitman, who also talked about wanting to ‘engage the Legislature.’

‘I’ve got 30 years of experience of balancing budgets and using technology,’ she added.

-- Anthony York in San Rafael, Calif.

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