tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434819406898941181.post6348676584263764627..comments2024-03-28T03:13:56.387-05:00Comments on MuskogeePolitico.com: Faught: The truth about the current budget crisisJamison Faughthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02717547537110650231noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434819406898941181.post-85951056600783072732017-11-16T00:44:49.445-06:002017-11-16T00:44:49.445-06:00Legislature could have tapped rainy day money for ...Legislature could have tapped rainy day money for health services and passed the revenues of HB1054 and solved the 800 million dollar deficit that we will be immediately dealing with when 2018 session starts in January. But instead we sold out the GPT which is actually half what it was 5 years ago. So while education, health care, safety as well as roads and bridges are dealing with the 9th straight year of cuts totaling more than 38 percent or their budgets, we are being told that less tax will grow the economy. That is absolutely not going to happen and after a 10 year experiment at the expense of Oklahomans its time someone admitted "Trickle Down Economics" is worth the same as that Oklahoma ocean front property. <br />The money people/corporations in Oklahoma are saving through 9 years of tax credits, incentives and loopholes is being reinvesting outside the state. Hobby Lobby - Bible Museum, would have been good to have that 200 million reinvestment project here in the Bible belt. hurt wind energy and they still are putting the 2nd largest wind farm in the country in the Oklahoma panhandle. Cut Gas Production taxes in half and the oil/gas companies hold the legislature for ransom because it wasn't 90 percent like they thought. Cut your child's education opportunities, cut health care and roads - Bridges by 38 percent and its called streamlining. Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434819406898941181.post-55159826506311612942017-11-13T12:59:17.931-06:002017-11-13T12:59:17.931-06:00This approach makes perfect sense and is the only ...This approach makes perfect sense and is the only truly responsible approach to take. And the push to fully audit ALL agencies should happen before any talk of tax increases.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452961202431455727noreply@blogger.com