(This video is embedded for educational and informational purposes only, NOT political purposes.)
I want people to understand we are now nearing a $5.2 Billion dollar budget shortfall in 2011. And there may be more than that if they have to find saving as this economy might add a further economic depression in the ensuing years. and future legislative decisions. And if going to have to take 60 percent vote before the end this legislative session.
Now I want to say that this video is 1 hour in length of Inside Olympia, the first hour is Senator Joe Zarelli and Ross Hunter who give you some options and thoughts that they are going to be going forward with. They make both said in the video that they are making no promises to any consituency. But one thing they did say was nothing is off the table for cuts. Not even education though they did say there was a state constitutional amendment to protect some form of it.
My comment: Basic Health, GAU and other disabilty services are going to be a target. There simply is no way to avoid it the most drastic cuts. I am also not going to be surprised if the state goes to shut off most state parks & other recreational opportunies, raise significant fees for things that are left, higher state and university tuition rates, the GET tuition program that will not be 100 percent payout for tuition for the reason to try and solve the its coming future insolvency.
There are many, many, many cuts coming to many different levels and poor is going to have to get ready for them. There simply just is no way to avoid them and will be signficantly painful -- end of my commentary.
