Here is the rest of the story

Since the end of session there has been a lot of fluffy political rhetoric coming from the other side of the aisle. Words like reorganization, budgeting responsibly and accountability. Well as the late great Paul Harvey would say ………… And here is the rest of the story.

Over the past three years the Governor and his legislative allies have spent and spent and spent without any thoughts on what tomorrow was going to bring. Well tomorrow has come and there was no plan in place to deal with the problems that the state is now facing. In fact the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency, the bean counters for the legislature, has estimated that Iowa is facing nearly a $1 billion deficit for next year.

Is this being accountable to the taxpayer or budgeting responsibly?



If you look at the last time Republicans were in control of the budget spending was held below the rate of inflation. Over the past three years spending has ballooned out of control and well past the rate of inflation. If the Democrats would have maintained spending levels at typical historical levels there would be no talk of a budget crisis.

Spending at the rate of inflation; now that would have been responsible budgeting.