Indeed, the anti-tax California Taxpayers Association says that the General Fund (which accounts for four-fifths of the total budget) can be balanced merely by restraining the growth in spending to 4.2%.

ECONOMIST: California's broken government

Election laws require candidates to maintain separate fund-raising accounts for the primaries and the general election.

ECONOMIST: The Romney campaign

The nation was surprised (as was the SEC) when the Attorney General for the State of New York demonstrated that the mutual fund industry had been skimming money out of investor accounts for decades.

FORBES: Why the SEC Is In Danger of Becoming Irrelevant ( February 28, 2006 )