美国加利福尼亚州政府说，它将开始使用赊帐欠条而不是用钱币来支付一些账单，因为议员们没能就填补一项240亿美元的预算缺口达成一致。
加州是在7月1号开始的新的财政年度之际面临严重预算问题的几个州之一。由于经济危机，美国一些州出现了财政收入下降情况。
加州州参议员在午夜最后期限截至前曾试图通过一些立法，从该州教育预算削减30多亿美元，但是未能成功。
议员们一致认为需要削减支出，但是控制州议会的民主党人提议加税来帮助填补缺口，而包括州长施瓦辛格在内的共和党人则反对加税。
设在华盛顿的研究机构预算和政策要务中心报告说，美国50州当中至少有48州已经处理或者正面临下一年度的预算赤字。
California’s state government says it will begin using promissory notes rather than money to pay some bills, because legislators failed to agree on a way to close a $24 billion budget shortfall.
It is one of several U.S. states facing serious budget problems as a new fiscal year began Wednesday (July 1). States have seen declining revenues due to the economic crisis.
California state senators attempted but failed to pass measures to cut more than $3 billion from the state’s education budget by a midnight deadline.
Lawmakers agreed that spending cuts need to be made, but state Democrats – who control the legislature – proposed new taxes to help close the shortfall while Republicans, including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, opposed them.
A Washington-based research organization, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, reports at least 48 of the 50 states have addressed or are facing shortfalls in their budgets for the coming year.