After Years of Cost Cuts, Texas Tries to Find More

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By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
Published: April 8, 2011
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CloseLinkedinDiggMixxMySpacePermalink AUSTIN, Tex. — It is hard to overstate the budget-cutting furor that has gripped lawmakers in this capital, where the Republicans who control the Legislature and all statewide offices believe voters sent them an ironclad mandate last year to shrink the size of government.

But the Texas government was already a relatively lean operation after years of conservative fiscal policies. So when the Texas House passed its budget bill last weekend, the depth of the cutbacks necessary for the Republican majority to stick to its promise of no new taxes became clearer. It was not a pretty picture.

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[AgainsttheCrown]

1. They already privatized the prisons and started on roads...

After they get rid of the "moderates" they can begin the privatization of Medicaid, education, and the state parks.