Just one of many republican legislators that will wipe their feet on the dems budget plan.
So how long will it take King Rounds and the Republicans to rip this to shreds? I give it about 4-5 days.
The Democrats’ plan comes in three parts: $16.9 million in spending cuts; new revenue totaling $29.4 million; and $38 million taken from reserves and economic development funds.
I don’t agree with the entire plan, for instance I think they should take a 70% cut of VL and keep it permanent. And that there is still no proposal on the table to tax advertising at the same rate as food and utilities. But I also don’t see anything wrong with it either. Most of the adjustments will be temporary and can be put back in 2010 if things start turning around. But the ruling party for 30 years still weilds a pretty big sword in Pierre, so we’ll see how much of this gets passed.
If I was a Democratic state legislator, I would only show up on the last 5 days of session, when actual budget work gets done.