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Taker Red State, Nebraska, Facing Dire Funding Shortall

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Mar 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM.

  1. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

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    So here is the GOP experiment in action.
    • Nebraska CUTS taxes and has a huge revenue shortfall
    • The Appropriation Committee forecasts a $432M SHORTFALL in the budget
    • Governor proposes to RAISE taxes in the state to reduce deficit to $267M
    • Trump CUTS state funding adding another $90M raising the deficit to $357M.
    • Nebraska has a balanced budget requirement in constitution
    Nebraska is a right wingers dream.


    Decrease in federal share of Nebraska Medicaid costs increases state budget shortfall • Nebraska Examiner

    Gov. Pillen proposes his answer to $432 million projected budget shortfall • Nebraska Examiner

    LINCOLN — The federal government is again planning to decrease the percentage of state Medicaid costs it will cover for Nebraska, leaving state lawmakers on the hook for an additional $90.3 million this budgeting cycle.

    State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood, chair of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee, announced the revision Thursday, one day after legislative staff found the overlooked Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) revisions from January.

    That oversight will eat into the progress of a recently amended two-year economic forecast, which decreased an initial $432 million shortfall at the start of the session to $267 million.

    “We didn’t get here by COVID, overspending or by inflation or recession,” said State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha, a new member of the Appropriations Committee. “We got here by aggressive tax cuts that were short-sighted, and I think we need to revisit some of those tax cuts.”
     
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  2. coleg

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    All this winning... you'd think they'd just shut up about it and the price of eggs.
     
  3. G8R92

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    Fake news. Only blue states get federal money.
     
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  4. G8tas

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    They need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps
     
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  5. citygator

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    I see you went back to Indy Jones?
     
  7. citygator

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    Since I changed to the AI generated Gator Trump got elected, the stock market collapsed, and we are likely in a recession. If it were a Gator game I'd change lucky shirts.
     
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  8. duggers_dad

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    As an aside, Nebraska and-or Omaha tend to dominate the most livable and best-run surveys.
     
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  9. gatordavisl

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    No problem. Just cut from education. Its what red states do.
     
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