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.... cut the programs that support the poor.
This is as overt as it gets. Time to make major cuts to programs that support the poor and working class.
Calif. budget talks stall amid reform proposals By JULIET WILLIAMS
"He met Monday with district attorneys from five counties to discuss alleged fraud in the in-home supportive services program, which provides care for people with medical problems. He said he wants caregivers and patients to be fingerprinted as a way to prevent fraud and institute unannounced compliance checks at recipients' homes.
"The legislators upstairs, some of them, are very reluctant to do that. They feel that it would be an insult to fingerprint a patient," Schwarzenegger said. "I always tell them that fingerprinting is quite common in a lot of different areas."
Schwarzenegger estimated the state could save as much as $500 million a year by rooting out fraud in the program, but critics of his proposal said it would yield far less than that."
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"Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said the governor is asking for reforms to four state programs: in-home care, pensions for new public employees, Medi-Cal and CalWorks, the low-cost health insurance program for the poor."
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