With mass government cutbacks to schools, public parks and other departments being announced every day, there seems to be no end in sight how deep these cuts can go.

That's why I was especially interested in an announcement from California Governor Jerry Brown' office.

Gov. Brown has taken a step that may seem like a small thing, but it turns out that a lot of California state employees have cell phones. Cutting back just half of those phones can easily save the state $20 million annually, he estimates.

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