GovMath
It’s a beautiful thing. See, here in the real world, a budget cut implies that you have a budget in effect and then you (or the powers that be) decide that you need to spend less. Hence, an actual budget has been cut. But in .gov land, a cut is when you do a proposal that hasn’t been approved and don’t get what you want. And the press parrots it. Headline: Budget ax set to fall
The Knox County school board initially asked county government to approve a $345.85 million budget for public schools. Throw in a state-mandated raise for teachers, and the number jumped to $347.2 million.
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In May, Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale recommended giving the school system $320 million to operate in 2005-06. County Commission agreed.
No ax fell. They just didn’t get what they wanted.
July 5th, 2005 at 9:41 am
It’s like they want you to feel guilty in Knox Co, even though there was a tax increase just last year. Pathetic.
July 5th, 2005 at 9:53 am
Or, with the Feds, using baseline budgeting, when they do not increase the budget as much as originally proposed, that is called a cut.
July 5th, 2005 at 9:57 am
I like the way tax custs “cost” the government money.
July 5th, 2005 at 9:58 am
“Cuts,” that is.
July 5th, 2005 at 10:14 am
You are paying attention. If others start paying attention the next election could be interesting.