[Vision2020] MSD financial condition

[Debbie Gray]

Dale,

I am posting this again, just to put the education budget in context with
the other budgets. Notice that education increases are lower than any
other category. You make it sound like only education is spiraling out of
control w/no reason. Why are the other budgets growing so dramatically?

>From the 'Idaho 2002 Fiscal Facts' available at:
http://www.jfac.state.id.us/

General Fund Appropriations (in millions of dollars)
					Annual%	Total%
By functional area	FY1993	FY2002	Change	Change
------------------------------------------------------
Education		709.1	1264.0	5.9%	 78.2%
Health/Human Srvcs	168.2	 378.2	8.4%	124.8%
Public Safety		 63.2	 188.9	11.6%	198.9%
Natural Resources	 19.1	  39.1	 7.5%	105.2%
Economic Development	  5.9	  20.6	13.4%	251.7%
General Government	 41.7	  77.2	 6.4%	 85.2%
------------------------------------------------------
Total			$1007.1	 $1967.9 6.9%   95.4%
(may not add due to rounding)


On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Dale Courtney wrote:

> Matt,
>
> The problem is, the Idaho State Education Budget has grown at a rate of over
> two times the inflation rate!
>
> Here's the scoop:
>
> *	From 1988 ($367M) to 2003 ($985.5), the Idaho State Education budget
> has increased 168.5%
> *	From 1988 to 2003, the inflation rate has been 57.04%
>
> What the liberals are lying about is that Idaho State has cut funding; or
> that Idaho State has cut inflation-corrected funding. That's a lie.
>
> Best,
> Dale
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
> Behalf Of Matt
> Sent: Friday, 28 March, 2003 07:14
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] MSD financial condition
>
>
> That does not seem too far out of line, given inflation. The Dept of Labor
> has a nifty inflation calculator at
> <http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/statistics/inflation.htm>
> http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/statistics/inflation.htm. Entering $1000 in
> 1989 gives $1476 in 2003. Going the other way, a thousand dollars today was
> just $677 in 1989. You only need to go back to 1985 to get to the alleged
> 170% funding level quoted below.
> --
> M@ Lat: 46.74767 Lon: -116.99523 ^_^
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
> Behalf Of Dale Courtney
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:27 AM
> State Funding has increased every year since 1989, and is now at 170% of the
> 1989 funding level.
>
>

Debbie

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