Even while Governor Brown brags of a balanced budget, he ignores the off-budget pension fund deficit which threatens loss of government services and closure of parks and libraries, prompts municipal bankruptcies, and keeps the state deeply in debt.

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It remains unclear how strongly Shuster and others would fight for a provision in the House bill that would take the Highway Trust Fund off budget.

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Rather than focus on social spending, he paid off International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and produced budget surpluses.

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