by Peter Phillips
Consortium News
November 23, 2009
It’s often said that California sets the trends for the rest of the United States – and that has surely been the case with the impact of tax cuts primarily benefiting the wealthy. California is facing a severe budget crisis, causing sharp cuts in public services.
The budget crisis also has forced steep tuition hikes at public universities, once free for all qualified students and the pride of California. Now, as students protest the higher charges, they are being met with police action – and with ridicule from the mainstream news media, as Peter Phillips recounts in this guest essay:
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