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Published Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 | 3:49 p.m.
Updated Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 | 4:21 p.m.
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That's what state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said during a taped interview to be be shown Monday evening on "Face to Face."
Horsford said if you take into account one-time expenditures, including the stimulus money and sunsetted taxes outside the general fund, the deficit actually grows by $1.6 billion — half of that for education. Because the general fund has to make up the difference, Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval, should he stick to his no-tax pledge, actually will have to make $2.7 billion in cuts, Horsford argues.
Horsford's math can be seen in the charts posted at right.
Watch the program at 6:30 on NBC affiliates for more or find it at mynews3.com after it airs.
Now that they have a number how are they going to fix it?
I am betting the "State" starts dumping services and makes the cities/counties start providing those services. No tax increases by the state that way.
Hope I am wrong but I just have a bad feeling about this.
Let us just all agree that a tax increase is necessary to close this budget deficit. Everyone in this state enjoys the benefits of the limited tax structure that exists here in the good times and so it is only fair that everyone across the board suffers a little bit in the bad times. It would be more fair for everyone to pay a little more in taxes than for a few people to lose their jobs outright. There has to be a greater sense of civic responsibility in this state and less of a sense of greed and self preservation. I am a lower middle class individual, but I am willing to do my part for the greater good. Our kids can't afford education cuts, our future economy can't afford higher education cuts, and this state can't afford to add to its already staggering unemployment with massive layoffs!
Actually, whoresford and oceguera are clowns. I wonder what whoresford had at oceguera'g big lobbyist thank you bash.
I'm sure Senator Smoking will be able to close the gap. Maybe with increased taxes on cigarettes or sports bars and restaurants when he changes the law the people of Nevada passed that prohibits smoking in them.
Until politicians stop using this "tax boogeyman" that they've created to win elections, our budget problems are never going to get solved. Whatever happened to unity in this country? Of course no one likes to pay higher taxes, but it's a necessary evil if we're serious about solving our budget problems! I may not like it, but I'm willing to chip in and pay a little bit more for the greater good of our beloved state. We've become such a greedy, selfish country that seems content with living in an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE where endless tax cuts will somehow magically solve all of our debt problems. Give me a break.
Just how much more budget trimming can education take? The only place that HAS NOT been trimmed, is with the top (Administration side), which is where the GREATEST amount of SALARIES & BENEFITS is spent! Time to leave the teachers and support staff alone and go after the highly paid people who have extremely effectively unions and lawyers themselves. No one ever hears about them.
It bothers thousands of people that a new superintendent is hired, at over a quarter million dollars plus negotiated benefits +, all the while the frontline people are continuing to experience cuts and freezes, and now, the threat of thousands of lay-offs.
What are people thinking? When the Federal Government hands over stimulus money and the district hires more teachers, what, for one year? That money could have been used differently. It is all manipulation in politics. Time to look at the top, who so far, have escaped cuts.
Focus on the total budget Jon, they can't mess around with that number...
@ AJ (Anthony Jones)...
Agree with your post %100.
CUT EDUCATION--K-12. Former DC Super Michelle Rhee and others than can do arithmetic know that we pay the highest for education and get little in return. The U.S. PAYS MORE FOR K-12 EDUCATION THAN ANY OTHER industrialized nation. END TENURE. Keep students in school longer, year-round and longer days--add a class each day. We HAVE DOUBLED OUR INVESTMENT IN K-12 IN THE LAST 15 YEARS AND GOT A NEGATIVE RETURN. Someone explain it to Mr. Horsford cause he just doesn't get it.