Here's the full article:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/19/2022606/texas-budget-draft-cuts-137-billion.html
"Rep. Jim Pitts, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said he would explain the proposal to the chamber on Wednesday.
"There are no sacred cows for this next biennium for our introduced bill," Pitts said last week. "So many people said, 'You cannot cut education'. You can't not cut education . . . We will be cutting every article within our budget. We will be cutting health and human, we will be cutting education and we'll be cutting our own budget in the Legislature." "
No sacred cows, eh? How does he account for this?
"While almost every other state agency would see a reduction in employees, the average number of full-time employees in Perry's office over the next two fiscal years would go to 132 from an average of 120."
Sigh...
There are days I am ashamed to admit that I'm a Texan.
Hmm..."No sacrd cows"...a refusal to raise taxes to fund social and educational services seems like a sacred cow...They are so ideologically driven that they are immune to all facts, reason, and common sense
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