The Transgendered Hispanic Anti-Defamation Department?
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 06/13/2010 2:24:18 PM PDT by Qbert
ALBANY - New York enters the weekend on the brink of its first-ever government shutdown.
Gov. Paterson unveiled his latest emergency spending bill Friday - it's stuffed with $327 million in cuts to mental health and social service programs.
"We think we have put a bill together that has cuts that are reasonable, cuts that we believe the Legislature could live with, and spending they know we need to do," said Paterson budget director Robert Megna.
The Legislature is due to vote on the plan Monday, though its fate is unclear in the state Senate.
If lawmakers vote it down, state government would shut down at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
State Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) insisted he will not support an extender containing cuts.
"If he wants to shut the government down, that's his doing," Diaz said of Paterson.
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The budget is 73 days late, as Paterson and lawmakers battle over closing a $9 billion gap. The governor has kept the state running with weekly spending plans.
Because 32 votes are needed to pass anything in the Senate, the Democratic majority will need at least one vote from a GOPer on Paterson's emergency extender if Diaz doesn't budge.
Republicans hinted votes may be available. "If the bill is not completely offensive, I think there's likely to be some support from our conference," said Sen. George Winner (R-Elmira).
Republicans asked Paterson to put a slew of budget cuts into his proposal. He accepted a fraction - about $12 million, aides said.
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He has threatened to eventually include $1.4 billion worth of education cuts - something Assembly Democrats and many senators oppose.
"If there is going to be a shutdown, it would likely be over that issue," said one lawmaker.
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Stand your ground NY GOP and get the cuts you demand!
Fire 2/3 or all the government loafters, then get down to the serious cutting.
Shut it down.
It would be a huge improvement.
Not a word about cutting welfare checks......
I thought those came from Obama's "stash"...?
Shut it down. The Demoncrat/Thieves and the RINOS who run Gnu Yak have to be held accountable for their feckless recklessness.
Shut it down...and keep it down!
‘Meanwhile, officials said state leaders last night agreed to save hundreds of millions of dollars this year by reducing state and local government payments to the state pension fund over the next three years.
The money would be repaid with interest over a decade after that.’
There ISN’T ANY MONEY! Boy are PEF and CSEA going to blow a gasket when they do this! LOL!
The Transgendered Hispanic Anti-Defamation Department?
Yep,, two or three more bailouts ought to make up the difference.... (these folks are nuts)
NY State Govt is too big by at least half.
Shut it down for 6 months.
When they send home the “nonessential” personnel announce that they’re the first wave of cuts and go from there.
It will not shut down.
Each and every year, each local govt threatens us with this BS.
“It will not shut down.”
I disagree. Patterson will do it if they don’t meet his demands. We’ll all know by tomorrow afternoon. Tuesday should prove interesting.
This NY’er say’s SHUT IT DOWN!
The spending addicts are BROKE. Just resign or jump off the nearest bridge.
NJ government was shut down for a couple of days in 2006.
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