10.28.2009 7:22 am
If you sat in the governor’s office, what would you cut?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Even as the federal number-crunchers are telling us that the recession is over, more bad economic news is coming to Missouri.
As my colleague Virginia Young reports today, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will be making more budget cuts today — probably at least $300 million and maybe more.
A comment from one state lawmaker in the story really struck me. Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said: “The big places you go to get money are higher education and (elementary and secondary) education, but those are the untouchables.”
That’s because of Nixon’s pledge to keep funding for colleges stable.
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