by Carl, 09/15/2011, 4:53 PM
The forecast is out and it’s brutal. Another $1.4 Billion down. Here are some random thoughts:
- We’ve already cut too far. It’s time to increase taxes. In Washington they’re often regressive and not a great idea in a bad economy. But they’re better than the cuts we’ll have to make.
- I can only imagine what this will do to schools and government services.
- We really need an income tax.
- Maybe I’m wrong, but it sure feels like everyone knew the forecast would be bad before it came out. In the last open thread there was some discussion about how we’d want to forecast more accurately.
Comment by SMS: Carl is right on. The UW, however, may have set the model. Tuition is now determined by the campus and likely will, once again, jump. Our new motto appears to be “PAY AS YOU GO” Imagine the same thing happening to all other state services:
a. ferry fares double.
b. 25% of prisoners released since we can not pay for them.
c. fire departments to charge 25% of their costs for all calls.
d. all roads now toll roads.
e, rural roads closed
f. highway patrols cut on Sundays
g. Huskies sold to the NFL.