Palin Cut Alaska’s Budget

FY 2009 Operating Budget- $11,200,000,000 ($11.2B)
FY 2010 Operating Budget- $9,700,000,000 ($9.7B)
Net cut in Operating funds $1,500,000,000
Total percentage cut in Operating Budget – 13.4%
FY 2009 Capital Budget- $2,632,000,000 (after Governor Palin
vetoed $268 million)
FY 2010 Capital Budget- $1,800,000,000
Net cut in the Capital Budget $832,000,000
Total Percentage cut in Capital budget- 31.7%
Overall FY 2009 budget $13,832,000,000
Overall Proposed FY 2010 $11,500,000,000
Net reduction in the Overall Budget $2,332,000,000
Total Percentage cut in Overall Budget- 16.8%

From the Austin Statesman…..

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/capitol-digest-perry-signs-2-big-bills-into-1486514.html

“Also Thursday, Perry signed anti-abortion legislation that requires a woman to get a sonogram before getting an abortion. With a few exceptions, a doctor or medical professional will have to perform a sonogram at least 24 hours before the scheduled abortion and, if the woman agrees, make the image availablefor viewing.

Because the bill was initially approved by two-thirds of both houses, it became law upon Perry’s signature and will begin being enforced in 30 days.”

OR This…..

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/05/16/house_sends_voter_id_to_govern.html?cxntfid=blogs_postcards

“The Texas House today approved the conference committee report on the controversial voter ID bill and sent it on to the governor.

The vote was 98-46. The Senate already approved the report from the committee of House members and senators that had gathered to reconcile the chambers’ differences over the measure.

Now, the bill heads to Gov. Rick Perry, who had made the issue a legislative priority.”

OR this

“The Texas House voted late Thursday to strip state funding to all hospitals and clinics that perform abortions or even “abortion-related services,” endorsing an obscure amendment tacked onto an already convoluted overhaul of Medicaid funding and disbursements.

Lawmakers passed the abortion-funding amendment about the same time GOP Gov. Rick Perry was signing into law a measure passed earlier by the Republican-dominated legislature that requires all doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion.”

Or This,

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/sanctuary-cities-bill-brought-back-to-life-1488594.html

“Sanctuary cities’ bill brought back to life”

Up here we need any and all help.

The report’s bottom line is:

“Appropriations less reversions show how actual state spending has changed since 2000. In 2010, and it is expected, in 2011, actual spending declined from previous years.”

http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/crd/localgov/Topics/Essays/State_Budget.htm

Another interesting factoid that just came to light today is:

“Sitting at his desk in Indiana’s grand turn-of-the-century state house, Mitch Daniels’ eyes light up momentarily in mid-sentence, like a proud father recalling the deeds of his children.

“I just found out a few minutes ago, by the way, that in nominal dollars, the payroll of the state of Indiana is lower today than it was seven years ago,” says Mr Daniels, the politician Barack Obama could face in the 2012 presidential poll.”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cb1ca114-8307-11e0-85a4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1MvCw5YE3

There is more that you can watch on his youtube titled “Just 7 years”

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Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

How some of the rest of you manage to survive is honestly beyond my comprehension, and all I can do is hope the rationality my State happened to embrace will find its way to you all.

Actual budget cuts are always worth celebrating.

(Unless you are the Federal Government, and you also have a massive debt to chip away, so a Budget surplus is necessary in addition to Budget cuts.)

Color me surprised, and good for TX! We are all Texans now.

The State of Texas has been Very Successful and Effcient over the last 4-6 Years. Rick Perry is a BIG Reason for this Success and Efficiency. It was Perry Who fought for TORT REFORM and got it passed. That alone has Really Help Texas and every Texan over the last 4-6 Years. Perry Deserves Credit and Praise for that.
Great Post and I Hope Texas Continues to lead the way of Economic Success and Efficiency for America. No other State comes close.

South Dakota did an across the board 10% spending cut this year. Nothing was spared. The new Governor, Dennis Dugaard, kept his campaign promise and the solidly Republican state legislature enacted it. The teachers unions squealed like stuck pigs but it still passed and got signed.