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DEL.ICIO.USCagle: Deeper cuts are possible, and even state layoffs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on Thursday cast the state’s economic downturn in words more stark than we’ve seen elsewhere.
Travis Fain of the Macon Telegraph’s Lucid Idiocy has this:
July revenue figures aren’t out yet, but Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said today that the state’s economic slide could lead to 10 percent budget cuts, instead of the 6 percent currently prescribed.
Cagle also said the cuts would lead to “certainly deferrals and maybe layoffs.” He said state education funding would be exempt from that, beyond the cut Gov. Sonny Perdue has already ordered in taking away the portion of austerity cut funding restored earlier this year.
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