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With a $24 billion budget shortfall, the Legislature faces tough choices.  But they do have choices.

While Governor Schwarzenegger claims the only way to balance the budget is by slashing funding for education, health care, public safety and other vital services, a handful of large corporations are poised to recieve significant tax giveaways which will wind up costing the state nearly $10 billion over the next five years.

These egregious corporate tax breaks have no value to the state or the majority of its businesses, and do nothing to help create jobs or soften the economic blow so many families are facing. That money could be used instead to help keep teachers in the classroom, public safety personnel on duty, infrastructure projects moving, and state parks open.

Fairness dictates that everyone shares in the pain, and that should include some of the world’s wealthiest corporations. The decision to keep tax loopholes open and make cuts instead is a conscious choice, and it’s one that legislators should be held accountable for making. Before considering additional cuts to programs Californians care so deeply about, the California Legislature needs to act now to shut down these unfair, unnecessary corporate tax giveaways. 

Take a minute to send a message to your legislators today, and urge them to repeal the unfair corporate tax giveaways before making any more cuts to the state's vital programs and services.