http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/12/spending-and-jobs.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:56:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/12/spending-and-jobs.html/comment-page-1#comment-4395 David Stokes Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:33:32 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=9935#comment-4395 MO Rage also writes that we should cut the defense department in half, but he or she is opposed to spending cuts that hurt jobs. As if the defense budget does not involve any jobs, i.e. thousands of jobs at Boeing right here in St. Louis. This does not mean I am automatically opposed to all defense cuts; just that it would involve jobs even more than most other government cuts, and MO Rage appears oblivious to that. MO Rage also writes that we should cut the defense department in half, but he or she is opposed to spending cuts that hurt jobs. As if the defense budget does not involve any jobs, i.e. thousands of jobs at Boeing right here in St. Louis. This does not mean I am automatically opposed to all defense cuts; just that it would involve jobs even more than most other government cuts, and MO Rage appears oblivious to that.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/12/spending-and-jobs.html/comment-page-1#comment-4382 Eric D. Dixon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=9935#comment-4382 I'd like to direct readers to the excellent Policy Pulse coverage of the recent spending cut hearings in Jefferson City, written by the Show-Me Institute's ace reporter Audrey Spalding and intern Andrew Guevara: <ul><li style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><a href="http://www.showmepolicypulse.org/news/index.php?p=1228" rel="nofollow">State revenues continue to fall short</a></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><a href="http://www.showmepolicypulse.org/news/index.php?p=1234" rel="nofollow">Facing projected $1 billion shortfall, state begins budgeting process</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.showmepolicypulse.org/news/index.php?p=1240" rel="nofollow">Committee hears second round of budget testimony</a></li></ul> I’d like to direct readers to the excellent Policy Pulse coverage of the recent spending cut hearings in Jefferson City, written by the Show-Me Institute’s ace reporter Audrey Spalding and intern Andrew Guevara:

• State revenues continue to fall short
• Facing projected $1 billion shortfall, state begins budgeting process
• Committee hears second round of budget testimony

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