tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post7777829870548362227..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Colorado Budget BustedAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-75241226811775044122008-12-22T11:01:00.000-07:002008-12-22T11:01:00.000-07:00Andrew,OK, so it is 6%. This is still small. It ju...Andrew,<BR/><BR/>OK, so it is 6%. This is still small. It just takes guts/nerve/cojones to solve the "crisis".<BR/>The State just needs to do what a private enterprise would do.<BR/>Wage freeze. Hiring freeze. Pay vendors slightly less and tell them they are lucky to get paid at all.Dave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-42543377275748576892008-12-22T03:59:00.000-07:002008-12-22T03:59:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-70707095437769110282008-12-21T14:53:00.000-07:002008-12-21T14:53:00.000-07:00Forgive me if I am mistaken, but the $600 shortfal...Forgive me if I am mistaken, but the $600 shortfall appears to be for the existing FY 2008-2009 budget, and comes all out fo the second half of the current fiscal year. So, the cut is really more like 6%. Also, the cut comes atop cuts in local budgets (those with strong sales tax components are much harder hit than those with largely property tax components).<BR/><BR/>Given the inflexibility of parts of the budget in that time frame, some of the budget is likely to be held harmless, while other parts are likely to be hit quite hard.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-39589927371354787122008-12-21T14:37:00.000-07:002008-12-21T14:37:00.000-07:00Andrew,You should be ashamed of yourself. You don'...Andrew,<BR/><BR/>You should be ashamed of yourself. You don't have to be as conniving as the Post and the Rocky.<BR/><BR/>While $600M sounds like a HUGE number, it should be put into the context of: "The $19.2 billion budget proposal [for FY2009-2010]". $600M is only 3%. Freeze state employees' pay and freeze Medicaid payments and the 3% is easily taken care of.<BR/><BR/>Many families in Colorado would enjoy having ONLY a 3% cut in income over the next year.Dave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.com