Monday, February 15, 2010
Cut From Where?
As this story points out, a recent survey by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute indicates that over 55% of Illinoisan beleive the state can cut it way out of the current budget crisis. However, no one appears able to say what is waste and what is a valuable program. The same problems we are having with the budget shortfall here in Carbondale are the same problems we are dealing with at the state and national levels. Nobody wants to say that my program is unneeded or wasteful. it's always the other guy's. You can read the Simon Institute report here.
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Charles N. Wheeler III writes,
ReplyDeleteCut pension benefits? Raise state taxes? Hammer out a compromise with some of each? Perhaps the only sure thing is that the longer lawmakers and the governor wait, the tougher the measures they’ll have to adopt eventually to put the five retirement systems on sound financial footing.
I can't believe these idiots landed us in this mess.