The state uses the rent money to fund the difference between annual debt service for Camden Yards (which also includes the Baltimore Orioles ballpark) not covered by the lottery.

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And Mr Schwarzenegger is proposing a constitutional amendment to ensure that debt service on the bonds can never exceed 6% of the general fund.

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Brazil was one of the first to successfully scrap the old Washington Consensus model of debt service and budget cuts, paying off its loans with the International Monetary Fund in the first few years of the Lula presidency.

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