How Foods and Beverages May Make You Feel Bad. Just as some foods can help you feel better, others can make you feel down. Here are ways to reduce the harmful effects of three foods that can drag you down. 1. Reduce foods high in saturated fat. Saturated fat is well known for its role in promoting heart disease and some types of cancer.
Overview of the California state budget. Taxes and fees are projected to put about $82 billion into California's general fund for the fiscal year starting July 1. But at current rates, the state would spend about $22 billion more than that. The gap between revenue and spending plus the gap in the current fiscal year's budget and reserve funds adds up to the total deficit, now estimated at about $28 billion. Closing the gap is made harder by several mandates.
Under current law, CBO projects, budget deficits will drop markedly over the next few yearsâto $1.1 trillion in 2012, $704 billion in 2013, and $533 billion in 2014. Relative to the size of the economy, those deficits represent 7.0 percent of GDP in 2012, 4.3 percent in 2013, and 3.1 percent in 2014. From 2015 through 2021, the deficits in the baseline projections range from 2.9 percent to 3.4 percent of GDP.