Citizen Legislature: Legislative Votes and Information
On The 2008 House Budget
The 2008 proposed House Budget would:
Exceed Taxpayer Protection Act guidelines on a biennial basis.
- Spending totals $21.35 billion, up by $2.48 billion over FY 2006-07. This would represent a biennial spending increase of 13.2 percent.
- By comparison, inflation plus population from July 2006 to July 2008 totals just 10.6 percent.
- The total would mark a 47 percent increase in state spending since FY 2001-02.
- In contrast, population plus inflation over that time would equal only 33.1 percent.
- In contrast, population plus inflation over that time would equal only 33.1 percent.
- http://www.nccivitas.org/media/publication-archive/policy-brief/2008-house-budget