Wednesday, June 24, 2009

It's now Clear how they got to $27.4 Billion

I don't why it took me so long to grasp this, but what's now apparent that the way the legislature got to the "$27.4" billion budget is by only counting the direct appropriations and retained revenues, but not the chargebacks or federal grants. In other words, they only counted what was in section 2, and not what was in section 2B and 2D. That, however is -- and how do we put this? -- "disingenuous." The chargebacks and federal grants, whether they like it or not, are part of the budget. So, wouldn't be better to be honest about the true costs here?
Title                                  House          Senate         Conference   Sec
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Total for Direct Appropriations
and Retained Revenue $28,126,227,842 $27,326,828,832 $27,414,241,896 2
Totals for Chargebacks $401,402,034 $398,991,853 $390,982,830 2B
Total Federal Grants $2,366,949,242 $2,286,543,697 $2,485,936,271 2D
Totals for All Types $30,894,579,118 $30,012,364,382 $30,291,160,997 All

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