Daily Archives: February 24, 2017

So, while we’re talking about essential services. . .

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

Education (35%) and health care (25%) rate as the two largest items within our $6 billion state budget. Those percentage are likely to remain the same until our income outpaces the rate of inflation. (Currently, our economy has grown at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Make sense of the numbers

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

Mississippi has a terrible budget conundrum:  allocations have increased by about $700 million since 2012, but income has increased by only about $600 million. The federal government will not ride to our rescue. There is not enough political willpower to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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