Texas Becomes First State in 50 Years to Actually Cut Budget Spending

Red State ^ | May 20th, 2011 | Leon H. Wolf

[ForGod'sSake]

The first state to actually CUT SPENDING in 50 years was/is a surprise.

[Kandy Atz]

I love Texas and enjoyed listening to all the liberal loonies crying in Austin about it!

[hinckley buzzard]

Three cheers for Texas. Let there be other states with courageous leadership to follow where they are leading.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Way to go TX. I do hope you are the first of many to follow.

[GeronL]

Apparently Alaska cut actual spending in 2009/2010 or something

[GeronL]

It’s a small start IMO

[deport]

AUSTIN — Raising hopes that lawmakers can avert a midsummer special session, legislative leaders forged a little-time-to-spare budget agreement Friday that cuts government spending by $15 billion over the next two years.

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/20/3092444/texas-lawmakers-agree-to-budget.html#ixzz1N6jYWpht

[Kimmers]

and the educators are crying foul !!!!!

I love TX....

[basil]

For those that may not know, our legislature in TX meets every 2 years—so we will have at least 2 years to enjoy the cuts...unless, of course, governor GoodHair comes up with some outrageous scheme that he can pull off without the legislature................

[Forgotten Amendments]

Don’t forget Puerto Rico:

http://reason.com/blog/2011/03/08/cutting-government-spending-an

[RockinRight]

A real, actual cut? Not a reduction in the rate of increase?

Maybe Perry for President ain’t such a bad idea after all.

[ataDude]

Uhhh... PR is not a state. Just thought you’d like to know. :-)

[Huskrrrr]

Wow....and children and the elderly are not starving? Hear that California?!!!

[Still Thinking]

Austin, Texas AKA Babylon on the Brazos

Now that there's funny, I don't care who ya are!

[ForGod'sSake]

Apparently Alaska cut actual spending in 2009/2010 or something

I ran across a chart(probably on RedState) that I can't find again that showed Alaska with small but steady spending increases through 2010(?); FWIW.

[GeronL]

Okay. I saw someone post that Alaska had done it but I don’t know the details. I think someone even posted it as a reply on that redstate article.

[GeronL]

The fact that this was done with DewCrist running the Senate and Straus running the House is amazing.

[GeronL]

The fact that this was done with DewCrist running the Senate and Straus running the House is amazing.

[ForGod'sSake]

Thanks deport. It was my understanding that Texas was looking a $27B shortfall in the face, which may or may not have been accurate. If true, $15B wouldn’t cover that so maybe Texas is counting on increased revenues from somewhere???