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Two comments,

Is the budget forcast 2 years out because legislators only meet every two years? Would we have a more acurate budget projection if they met yearly?

I hear your guests say that the rainy day fund will only be used when several indicators happen. As you discussed in an earlier show, the arts endowment license plate fund is currently being raided for the general budget shortfalls.  Obviously, the arts fund money being spent for something other than its intended purpose.  SO, other than indicators, What's really going to stop the government from doing the same thing to the rainy day fund? 

IMO, Get rid of the corporate kicker, and keep the individual kickers coming.

Here's an idea, why not start a education endowment license plate fund.

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If you raise taxes so sharply your consumer base will drop. Not to mention driving businesses into other states.  This will leads to a loss in taxable revenue and a decrease in funding for drug abuse programs.  Am I the only one who sees this?

You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip!

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Maybe the arts are out of money because idiot city and state officials (Sam Adams and Randy Leonard, I'm looking in you're direction) would rather dump money into boondoggles like the Tram and (currently proposed) 86 Million on MLS instead of adequately funding vital social services; arts included.

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