Some Fault Bush Tax Cuts For Lean Days in Texas (February 2001 article)

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Published: February 12, 2001

While President Bush is lobbying Congress to pass his $1.6 trillion tax cut proposal in Washington, lawmakers in his home state are struggling with budget problems that some critics are tracing to tax cuts Mr. Bush passed here as governor.

For the last week, state legislators have grown increasingly testy about budget projections showing that the state will have little, if any, money to spare. Lawmakers in both parties are talking of possible cutbacks after the projections showed that the state's once-healthy surplus might be nearly erased by budget overruns, particularly from health care costs like Medicaid.

"There's no doubt in my mind that George W. Bush's tax cuts have put us in the situation we're in right now," said State Senator Mario Gallegos, a Houston Democrat who regularly criticized Mr. Bush in the presidential campaign.

Mr. Bush's record of cutting taxes in Texas was a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. In 1997 and 1999, Mr. Bush shepherded a total of $2.9 billion in tax cuts through the State Legislature, much of it in the form of property tax reductions for homeowners. At the same time, budget surpluses enabled lawmakers to expand financing for education and some other services.

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[democracy1st]

1. Everywhere he went he left a trail of destruction, what a horrible public servant

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2. We should have known.

Half of us did.

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3. and a lady named Molly Ivins warned us all

[Javaman]

4. I lived through the reign of terror here in Texas when that asshole* was governor..

I tried warning people that I know, not to vote for that fool*, but no one listened.

Google "funeralgate" and you will get all you need to know about moron*.

also check into how asshole "aquired" the land for the new Rangers stadium.

The list goes on and on, believe me the tax cuts that he* signed were the least of the problems.

he's* crooked as the day is long. We, as a nation, were just treated to a larger version of what he* did in Texas.