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Article: BUDGETING PROCESS A DINOSAUR.(PERSPECTIVE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 25, 1995
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Byline: Terry Anderson
This year's state budget battle has been long and bitter, with partisan politics, personal power and puerile posturing the major themes of the process. In other words, New York government as usual.
The result is a muddled compromise, with both Republicans and Democrats claiming victory, again as usual. Victory for whom doesn't seem to be clear. Certainly not for the people of the state.
You will hear Gov. George Pataki and other Republicans claim the first drop since World War II in the state's ``general fund,'' where most tax dollars go. True. If they claim to have cut state spending, they will be at best misleading ...