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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (23650)

8/19/2012 5:04:48 PM

From: TimF

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I was speaker of the assembly from 1998 to 2000. We have a smaller budget in the state today than we did in those years.

False

Total Spending

$69.3 billion

usgovernmentspending.com

Total Spending

$84.4 billion

usgovernmentspending.com

Total Spending $162.4 billion
usgovernmentspending.com

With almost double the population of the state of new york. we have a budget about 45% smaller than new york.

Total Spending $123.0 billion
usgovernmentspending.com

NY does spend more per person, but almost $40bil less in total than CA, or about one quarter less than CA, not 45% more.

I normally like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but these are so obviously and strongly false, I have to wonder if he was lying rather than just mistaken.