Statements about State Finances
Says George Norcross said the "TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$."
The 2011 Legislature did not cut Texas public school funding.
Says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.
"Our rainy day fund has gone from 89 cents to $240 million."
Says in the governor’s proposed budget "the use of that, what is called one-shots, is a 500 percent increase over the last Corzine budget."
"We have the lowest per-capita spending of any state in the nation" except for South Dakota.
"Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more."
Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."
The changes to Georgia’s tax and fee structure "is an overall tax cut."
"And the revenue generated by drilling off Virginia’s coast? $40 million over 10 years."
"While 9,000 state employees were added to the state’s payroll, Oregon’s revenue forecasts dropped by more than $4 billion."
"The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements."
"There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt."
Says her accomplishments include "a fiscally responsible budget agreement that controls state spending."
Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years."
Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown."
Other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.
"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."
Says Scott Walker enacted "the biggest cuts to education in our state’s history."
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