[Free Vulcan]

All you diggers out there, toward the back they have revenue, spending, and debt figures going back 10 years to the beginning of Huck's term. You can see for yourself where the money came from and where it was spent.

Alot of the increase was from welfare, primarily Medicaid and Food Stamps. Then education, general government. Road spending was flat despite the claim that Huck used the money for roads.

Of the $4 bil increase in spending over those 10 years, over half was HHS and general govt expenditures. Education and roads were only about a quarter of the increase.

I wonder how much of the increase in welfare was due to the influx of illegal immigrants, and the reason why he was so upset that the legislature tried to pass a Prop 200 type law that required ID to get welfare.

[unspun]

Alot of the increase was from welfare, primarily Medicaid and Food Stamps. Then education, general government. Road spending was flat despite the claim that Huck used the money for roads.

This was happening in states all over the country. It coincided with federal welfare reform and unfunded mandates -- states had to pick up the bill for the "social safety net."

Illinois and Wisconsin, where I live were HUGE REPUBLICAN BUDGET BLOW-UPS compared to Arkansas -- even with GOP control in the legislatures.

[A. Morgan]

Huckleberry is a liberal do-gooder who uses other people’s money the tax payers money.

[Shery]

The more I read about Huckster, the more I believe that he is not much different than a democrat. Isn’t this a RINO? Why would we be trying to elect one?

[citizen]

WC Fields: “There is a sucker born every minute.”