To the extent that conservatives succeed in reducing fiscal woes to a case of runaway spending, politicians find it easier to
address budget shortfalls with public sector furlough days, wage freezes, layoffs and benefit cuts than with progressive tax increases that, many economists conclude, would cause the least harm to the recovery.
Not exact matches
Faced
with a $ 5 billion projected
budget shortfall, Malloy and the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the State Senate and State House of Representatives recently offered up revised
budget proposals aimed at
addressing Connecticut's growing fiscal crisis.
The Democratic governor's list of
budget reductions was released hours after he met
with legislative leaders to discuss how to
address the stubborn
budget shortfall.
Previous expansion projects force the natural history center to
address shortfalls with $ 3 million in cuts to its annual
budget for science operations.
Good Morning
With the special legislative session set to begin on Feb. 14, Gov. John Bel Edwards will
address Louisiana's
budget shortfall tonight during a statewide TV
address.