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come on folks lets be real.  Ipay more in state income tax than the company I work for.  But thats neither here nor there, The problem is that I lost ten thousand dollars of income this last year,as compared to last year and I've had to tighten my belt and not go on vacation, but the state has not reduced spending and in fact has increased spending in this very bad economy.  If I have to tighten my belt then I don't see why the state and public employees should not have to tighten theirs as well

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