Let me try to rephrase what people told me when I first arrived
here.
There are a couple of things you must keep in mind when
thinking about the state budget:
1. Tax cuts and tax rebates are SPENDING, just the same as
spending on schools.
2. You can spend a dollar only once.
So, using these as a guideline, when the Governor proposed
his humongous tax cut, he took away the ability to spend for
anything else. And basically he took all the money for his tax cut.
I think that the gov's budget is a reflection of his values, just as I
hope that my votes are a reflection of my values. He tells us in
this budget that he values K-12 and higher education less than
he values paying less of his paycheck into taxes.
Also please remember that it is a long time until the middle of
May, when the legislative session is done. In that time, the state
budget will be crafted by the legislature, and I hope it will look
much different than the one proposed by the Governor.
Sen. Linda Higgins
North Mpls
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> I've heard it characterized as worse than anything in the
> last 20 years, worse than anything during the Arne Carlson
> period.
>
> And, maybe I'm slow, but I still just can't figure out the
> thinking behind it: especially given the surplus. I'd love
> to hear the reasoning for it, from Ventura or Jax or Shrunk
> or whoever it is who decided it would best fill the state's
> mandate of educating our children. Maybe there's an
> additional home schooling component that we haven't been
> notified of just yet, or maybe this ties in with the Bush
> plan of shifting resources to religiously-controlled social
> service organizations.
>
> Otherwise I just don't get it.
>
> Claire Stokes
> SWAPC, CBAC, 62B
>
>
> > Good heavenly days. This reminds me of how things were
> > when I was enrolled in MPS. That would be 90-93, a.k.a.
> > the last recession.
> >
> > A 25% whack out of all non-referendum funds? THAT is one
> > monster cut. Does anyone have any information on how this
> > compares with the bad-old-days of the early '90's?
> >
> > Greg Riedesel
> > Former MPS student
> > SSP
> >
> >
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