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Rep. Joe Schmick releases
statement on Democrat budget
'The Democrats punted the
problem for taxpayers to deal with
down the road,' says Schmick
Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, released the following
statement today regarding the Democrat budget passing the House of
Representatives:
"I'm extremely disappointed in this budget. We didn't prioritize
our spending at all. We never went through the priorities of
government process, and as a result, many people are going to suffer
needlessly.
"When I came to Olympia, my three priorities were education, public
safety, and protecting the most vulnerable. This budget does
nothing to help these priorities. In fact, it harms all three
without any reforms at all.
"The Democrat budget relies on nearly $5 billion in one-time federal and
state money to backfill the last four years of overspending. But
what happens in two years when that money is no longer available?
We've done nothing to address the simple fact that we can't support the
bloated size of state government. We're setting our state up for
an even bigger shortfall the next time we write the budget.
"The Democrats punted the problem for taxpayers to deal with down the
road. They've taken the easy way out and I think our hard-working
families who are struggling to make ends meet deserve better."
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