The solution is simple. Don’t spend money that you do not already have. Never plan to spend more than you already have in the coffers.
At the end of the current biennium, the state’s Rainy Day Fund will have a balance of about $8.1 billion, absent any appropriation that might be made by the Legislature. At the end of the 2014-15 biennium the balance is projected to be approximately $11.8 billion, absent any legislative appropriations.
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