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BY TOM RAUM, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Mon, 10/24/2011 - 11:25am

(10-24) 11:25 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative Republicans have long clamored for government downsizing. They're starting to get it _ by default. Crippled by plunging tax revenues, state and local governments have...

Senh: Maybe if the government can first show us that they can keep their own jobs, we'll be more confident that they can actually help the country create jobs.

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