Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Politics / Woods Wamp Pledges to Shrink State Government Without Hurting Services; Crowd Gasps as His Nose Grows
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:08 PM
"It has to be. We have to be honest about this. Frankly, the federal stimulus money just postponed this reality a year and a half basically or two years. We know this is the reality. We are not going to have a state income tax in this state, and everyone needs to just get used to that. ... It's probably going to be 2013 before we see a bump in our budget. So we've got to shrink the footprint of state government."Wamp went on to say "there are going to be some exceptions to reductions." He named unemployment benefit offices, public schools and the National Guard, just off the top of his head, as three essential services. "So there are areas you can't cut," he said. "But frankly everybody's going to have to get on a diet somewhat in state government. ... I've got six former commissioners on my statewide team ... and I've been told by all of them that there are ways to shrink the footprint of state government and still provide the needed services, and we've got to do that." What are all those unnecessary services that we can cut so painlessly? Wamp didn't say.
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More of that Common Sense Solutions Wampster? Sounds like Sarah Palin and every other Republican Common sense Solutions but not a one of you can or will say what a Common Sense Solution is.
Maybe killing off the uninsured by denying them the ER? food Stamps? Housing? A plastic Tent?
Give it up and tell us we're 'dying" to know arrghhh those pesky republicans
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Well it is certainly possible to shrink the budget without cutting services.
Because the only services that count as REAL services are those that are being provided directly to the specific individuals who are actually paying for them in taxes.
Everything else is merely a transfer payment - not a service.
Yes, the reporting is correct. I will be calling for lay-offs (maybe everyone in state government, I haven't decided yet). But not to worry Big Orange Fans. UT football will still have the largest recruiting budget in the country. It's the least I can do for the salt of the earth Vol fans who pilgrimage to Neyland Stadium on game days!
Thank you, and VOTE FOR ME!
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Sounds like someone dealing with reality to me. When your my income goes down I don't continue to spend more. We need more common sense like this in government.
Unless of course you subscribe to providing no services and then we can be just like California, insolvent.
"But not to worry Big Orange Fans. UT football will still have the largest recruiting budget in the country. It's the least I can do for the salt of the earth Vol fans who pilgrimage to Neyland Stadium on game days!"
I recall reading somewhere that UT football was self sufficient. It generates enough revenue to cover it's expenses.
