Et tu, Phil?
Gov. Bredesen is planning on wasting the surplus:
Proposals to restore money to buy wetlands and parklands and to launch a pilot project to track sex offenders with Global Positioning System technology landed yesterday on Gov. Phil Bredesen’s list of priorities for spending unexpected tax collections.
The list was presented to the Senate Finance Committee, some of whose members groused because state employees didn’t get more money this year after having to forgo a raise last year.
There were hints from lawmakers that those employees could see bigger raises this year than what Bredesen has budgeted.
And yet, he wants to raise taxes. Bill Hobbs has been covering this for a while. Here’s his latest on the spending.
I voted for Bredesen. I actually have been impressed with him until recently. His recent tax/spend philosophy is very disappointing.
Update: And in a related note, the brand spanking new lottery is already projected to have a shortfall. Who the hell is doing our budgeting?
