More on Family Issues as Fiscal Issues

see previous post: The Institute for American Values estimates that family fragmentation costs the state of California a minimum of $4.8 billion annually. Here is a story on education budget cuts in California:

Statewide, 14,000 teachers received pink slips in response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed $4.4 billion reduction in education spending.

Read it and weep.
By the way, Love and Economics is up on Amazon. Both editions: the Collegiate Edition and the Streetfighter Edition.