(CNN) -- Over the past weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown of California took to the safety of YouTube to reveal that the Golden State's budget deficit is now $15.7 billion, far greater than the original $9.2 billion estimate in January. California state taxes, already some of the highest in the nation, brought in an anemic 20% less revenue than expected in April, causing California's deficit to nearly double in only four months. On Monday, Brown released a revised budget plan. California Dreamin' it may be better known as. Brown's budget calls for new spending cuts, to which state workers have yet to agree; even higher taxes, at which voters may balk; and rosy revenue assumptions, which already came up massively short in April.
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Gov. Jerry Brown of California faces a budget deficit of nearly $16 billion
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William Bennett: California should look to Wisconsin as role model
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He says Wisconsin addressed the root of budget problem: public employee unions
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Bennett: Pension reform is the key to California's fiscal crisis
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