And the
practical solution for all this is to put the
practical budget in place with a
practical,
balanced budget to be paid of in a short amount of time — five to seven years — and that will instill the confidence in business and the people for a promising future for the federal government and our states.
Education spending has still yet to recover from the Great Recession in many states.11 Because of state constitution
balanced -
budget provisions, when faced with significant federal funding cuts, states are forced to either further cut education programs or raise taxes.12 The idea of further raising taxes to backfill Trump's education funding cuts simply is not
practical in states such as Maryland, 13 Illinois, 14 and New Jersey, 15 which are struggling to fund their current responsibilities.