Lots of pain in state budget

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It's gonna hurt.

That, in essence, was the message Thursday from a wide range of government officials, welfare advocates, taxpayers and other experts about the tentative state budget deal reached in Sacramento. Sude Doyle and Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The deal, aimed at closing a $42billion deficit, calls for increases in taxes on retail sales, gasoline, automobiles and personal income.

It also makes billions of dollars in cuts to vital services such as children's welfare, education and transportation.

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