Comments on: Seven Down http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/12/11/seven-down/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:38:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rick not Quinn http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/12/11/seven-down/comment-page-1/#comment-43616 rick not Quinn Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:08:11 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=10319#comment-43616 To James: How was the budget UNCONSTITUTIONAL as you say? By law the BEA sets the revenues estimate and the legislature budgets according to that number. How is following the law unconstitutional? It must be certified by the BEA as well. To James: How was the budget UNCONSTITUTIONAL as you say? By law the BEA sets the revenues estimate and the legislature budgets according to that number. How is following the law unconstitutional? It must be certified by the BEA as well.

]]> By: Mincing Words http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/12/11/seven-down/comment-page-1/#comment-43598 Mincing Words Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:12:48 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=10319#comment-43598 Here's an idea-- how about start with agencies that aren't necessary? To name just two: the Commission on Prosecution Coordination (lobbying agency on behalf of the 16 elected Solicitors and collossal waster of public money); the State Labor Office (in the old days, investigated state labor law violations, now I think it is down to just migrant workers- completely and utterly duplicative to the feds... but the director's brother is a muckety muck in the Senate...). There are dozens of commissions and other worthless (or certainly not added value) agencies sucking up lots of cash. Too bad no reform will ever come our way. Here’s an idea– how about start with agencies that aren’t necessary? To name just two: the Commission on Prosecution Coordination (lobbying agency on behalf of the 16 elected Solicitors and collossal waster of public money); the State Labor Office (in the old days, investigated state labor law violations, now I think it is down to just migrant workers- completely and utterly duplicative to the feds… but the director’s brother is a muckety muck in the Senate…). There are dozens of commissions and other worthless (or certainly not added value) agencies sucking up lots of cash. Too bad no reform will ever come our way.

]]> By: James the Foot Soldier http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/12/11/seven-down/comment-page-1/#comment-43584 James the Foot Soldier Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:17:29 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=10319#comment-43584 I apologize for my earlier post indicating there would be $1 Billion in "mid-year" "cuts". I have obviously under-stated the "cuts" as we're zooming right past that marker - at an acceperating pace! Wonder what the number will be when we finally get to mid-year? And to think most of the morons that voted for that budget were re-elected. McMaster could have endeared himself to conservatives across the state and nation by calling out that budget and declaring it un-constitutional. Furloughing the entire House and Senate is where the new round of cuts ought to start. I apologize for my earlier post indicating there would be $1 Billion in “mid-year” “cuts”. I have obviously under-stated the “cuts” as we’re zooming right past that marker – at an acceperating pace!

Wonder what the number will be when we finally get to mid-year?

And to think most of the morons that voted for that budget were re-elected. McMaster could have endeared himself to conservatives across the state and nation by calling out that budget and declaring it un-constitutional.

Furloughing the entire House and Senate is where the new round of cuts ought to start.

]]> By: House Watcher http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/12/11/seven-down/comment-page-1/#comment-43574 House Watcher Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:09:15 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=10319#comment-43574 Who in the House will lead us out of this mess? Certainly not Harrell, Cooper, or Merrill. Who in the House will lead us out of this mess? Certainly not Harrell, Cooper, or Merrill.

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