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Goldy's Surefire Tip for Instantly Solving Our State's Budget Crisis

Goldy — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:37:23 -0700

State budget writers are waiting for tomorrow's quarterly Economic & Revenue Forecast to come out before proceeding with budget negotiations, and a surefire way to get these negotiations over with quickly would be for Washington State Economic & Revenue Forecast Council executive director and chief economist Steve Lerch to simply lie. That'll do it. Tell lawmakers they have about a billion dollars or so more to spend than you think they'll likely have, and problem solved.

Sure, lying is wrong, and it would just kick the really tough decisions further down the road. But maybe further down the road the lawmakers in charge will be a bit more responsible and competent than the feckless douchebags like Rodney Tom who are currently running the show.

Just trying to offer some constructive criticism.

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