Gov. Scott unveils $5B budget cuts (mostly from state pensions and health care for the poor.)

[DainBramaged]

Asshole, fuck the poor, pamper the rich.

Saying he wanted to “set an example for the nation that you can in fact shrink government,” new Gov. Rick Scott unveiled an unprecedented $5 billion in budget cuts, largely from state pensions and health care for the poor.

Scott proposed to save $2.8 billion over the next two years by making state workers contribute 5 percent of their salaries towards their pension, and $4 billion during the same time period by “creating a patient-directed” Medicaid system.

The announcement drew big applause from a capacity crowd of about 800 people at First Baptist Church of Eustis, where the atmosphere was reminiscent of a campaign rally with dozens of tea party groups on hand to cheer on the governor. Scott's supporters have been looking to his budget to deliver on a litany of campaign promises, from creating jobs to cuting taxes and governmnent red tape. The

much-anticipated budget represents one of the largest cuts to state spending in Florida history.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110207/WIRE/110209813?Title=UPDATE-Gov-Scott-unveils-5B-budget-cuts

[DainBramaged]

1. And he's also cutting revenues and privatizing, another stupid Tea bagger...

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
--Cuts taxes by over $2 billion

--Reduces state spending by $5 billion

--Reduces biz tax from 5.5 to 3 percent

--Cuts property taxes by $1.4 billion

--Jobs - $800 million over two years for economic development

--Pension reform - saves taxpayers $2.8 billion over two years

--Medicaid reform - saves $4 billion over two years by creating "patient-directed" system

--Corrections - save $600 million through "innovating management" of juvenile offenders and 147 state

--Education - no cuts

Streamlining Government

-- Save $660 million by renegotiating contracts.

--Save $120 million over two years by consolidating, reorganizing, privatizing.

--Save $150 million over two years by eliminating programs not part of government's "core mission."

[county worker]

2. Being a government worker, I am not opposed to increasing employees contribution to their pensions.

I would go along with that as long as it is illegal to drop the pension program in the future.

[DainBramaged]

3. OK, what about cuts to the poor? Privatization of the State Government?

His package targets the poor and panders to the rich.....the business tax drop alone will reduce revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars.

[subterranean]

4. The property tax cuts will also overwhelmingly benefit the rich.

I fail to see how property taxes can be slashed without affecting education.

[county worker]

6. I do not support those ideas

[tinymontgomery]

5. In NC teachers

we put 6% into our pension, no problem with me about that and the pension at this point seems to be hanging in there.

[spanone]

7. Gov. Rick Scott's budget reduces education funding by more than $3 billion

Ricardo Garcia has been a Miami-Dade teacher for five years. He loves his work and is proud of what he does. But he is concerned about Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to decrease education funding.
"The state keeps cutting funding for education," said Garcia "I think education needs to be a much higher priority. Today's students are our future. We need to be putting more money into education."
On February 7, Scott released a budget proposal that calls for $4.6 billion in cuts. The budget would mean a more than $3 billion reduction in funding for education. It would mean a $703 reduction in per pupil funding. Funding per student would likely fall to $6,200 compared to $7,306 in 2007.
Cynthia Fasano, who teaches English in the Miami-Dade public school system was disappointed. "We are always asked to do more with less. Now we have even less to work with."


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