Of course, state spending increased .....
Notice that the only category that declined at all was Corrections — prisons and jails. Thanks to the Porkulus bill and other state projects, transportation spending jumped significantly, as did public assistance and Medicaid (a predictable result of economic stress). Higher education got a bigger increase than elementary and secondary education; perhaps someone can explain those priorities the next time Obama talks about elementary-school teachers and his jobs bill. Neither increased as much as the “all other” category.
For all of that transportation spending, did the economy recover and did we embark on massive job creation? No? Then why are Democrats pushing another public-works and state bloc-grants bill as a jobs stimulus? Maybe we should actually try an austerity plan that keeps capital out of the hands of bureaucrats and keep it in the hands of those who actually, you know, create jobs. That would have the novelty of never having been tried, despite what Krugman and Bernstein claim.
Don't forget the unemployment bennies ........
40 million more people on "food assistance", for one thing, and these fools want us to believe
spending was cut?!Pfffft. Fergit it..... I'm either singing to choir here - that'd be US -- or talking to myself - that'd be THEM.
I'm annoyed ......
eta: Your link is "hhttp//" bad, BMG
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/17/an-age-of-austerity/