Bullock prefers overspending and has promised to call a special session to make it happen.<\/p>\n
The expected revenue for the next two years is much lower than what Bullock wants to spend. What does he do? He forces the legislatures estimate for expected revenues over the next two years to be compromised with the Governor\u2019s budget office\u2019s inflated revenue estimate. This creates a larger \u201cexpected\u201d amount of revenue which means he can spend more money.<\/p>\n
His goal? Infrastructure projects across the state, so throughout his reelection he can go from town to town toting how he helped each community out. This political bribery is pathetic.<\/p>\n
Although the Senate increased the already 3% per year budget increase, this likely won\u2019t be enough for Bullock. The threat is that an expensive and unnecessary special session will be called in to spend even more money. The worst part is that if he is as wrong as the legislative fiscal experts predict, an expensive special legislative session will have to be called in the next year to adjust and cut the budget to ensure the state doesn\u2019t go into the red.<\/p>\n
There isn\u2019t a fiscal bone in Bullock\u2019s body, only a political motive and a bully pulpit. Placing the blame on a fiscally reasonable legislature and calling legislators back is as meaningless as his motives. The worst part of \u201chis plan\u201d is placing blame on the legislature for not finishing their work, when in reality the legislature has done exactly what it has been elected to do. It has provided a functional, fiscally responsible budget that will not bankrupt Montana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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