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Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 | 11:48 a.m.
Gov. Jim Gibbons
Gov. Jim Gibbons signed the proclamation today calling for a special session on Monday and issued a sketch of how they plan to cut another $342 million from the budget.
The plan cuts $72.8 million from operations budgets. To get the rest, the plan relies on the $160 million loan from the local government pool, $76.7 million from sweeping state accounts, and moving up the tax payment of mining taxes.
Gibbons admitted these were short term solutions. But said the state faced an "unprecedented challenge."
He said when the legislature meets in February for its regular session "there will be opportunities for longer term fixes that are needed."
Why even report on this guy? 99.99% of Nevadans think this guy is a dirty, steaming lump in a field.
Wow 99.99%....sounds like somebody has O.D. on their daily koolaid.
The Gov is doing a good job.
Raising taxes before now most likely would have made the Nevada economy in a worst shape than it is now.
There is another branch called the legislature.
It is the legislature that has the primary power over the budget and taxes. It is dominated by Democrats. They are doing a good job, too, by not raising taxes.
How far with the Guv cut? Wait a minute. Did he not go to Washington?
You guys keep forgotting that the legislature is the primary keeper of the budget. The gov just makes recommendations.
If you want to bitch about cuts then you need to include the Democratic dominated legislature.
The governor has lied to the citizens of Nevada.
He finally said that all options were on the table, and when questioned about it, he turns into a coward and says he will veto tax increases.
If tax increases are not on the table then ALL OPTIONS are not on the table.
It's shameful that he has to lie to the citizens of his state.
Jfnance32, as I explained in the other post, where you were incorrect in stating that the Democrats have a supermajority in the legislature, the Democrats cannot override a veto in the Senate without Republican assistance. Therefore, your assertion that the Democrats control the budget is incorrect.
You need to try a little fact checking before you post.
Yeah, I find it funny that this pile of steaming crap loved spending and wasting "black ops" budget dollars ( read tax dollars ) on all his cronies and their crappy projects. He didn't bat an eyelash about the waste.
So he really scheduled this waste of money session to get his few conservative Senators/Assembly folk to stop taxes from being raised and have a public orgasm doing it so they can get their one or two followers like jfinance32 to have an erection over it and still believe in "conservatives" which butthats like Bush and Gibbons who are really deficit spenders.
The Democrats have a super majority in the Assembly.
All they need is two RINO's in the Senate if they want a tax increase.
Still, the Gov. does not set the budget. He can only provide recommendations.
It is the legislature that sets the budget and has to approve all cuts and spending.
Now the Democrats have majorities in both houses and they are doing the cutting.
Utah population = 2.8 million people
Yearly budget = 10.7 Billion dollars
Nevada population = 2.5 million people
Yearly budget = less than 3 billion dollars and falling fast!
Utah- top 10 in almost every statistical category of every state in the Union.
Nevada- bottom 10 in almost every statistical category of every state in the Union.
You don't get what you don't pay for! Nevada population basically greedy, stupid, and ignorant of how to build a modern economy! The jobs will go to the states with the infrastructure (high quality education, health services, and transportation). Nevada loses again and again- who wants to live in the bottom 10- I guess we do!