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							<title><![CDATA[California and Illinois Are EU-Style Failed States]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Howard Rich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The euro zone isn't the only economy reeling from "failed states." The United States has several of its own &mdash; most notably California and Illinois.According to the CIA's world factbook, California's economy is the ninth largest in the world with a gross state product of $1.9...]]></description>
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