Guv’s budget guru says tax hikes should be on the table
by Dara Kam | March 5th, 2009Gov. Charlie Crist’s budget guru Jerry McDaniel, under pressure from Democrat Ted Deutch, agreed that tax hikes and further budget reductions should be considered as lawmakers grapple with ever-declining revenues.
McDaniel defended the use of the Lawton Chiles endowment and other trust funds to bridge a spending gap, calling it less painful than raising taxes or making deeper cuts in services.
But, Deutch wanted to know: “Should all of those options be on the table?”
“Yes,” McDaniel replied.
Crist’s budget relies on more than $3.4 billion in federal stimulus money to close the spending gap in the budgets for the current year and next year, sweeps trust funds and relies on Seminole compact gambling proceeds not yet approved by lawmakers.
Crist has consistently said that using Florida’s share of the stimulus package will enable lawmakers to refrain from raising taxes or slashing the budget further.
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December 9th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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