Let’s Be Honest About Budget Failures

Idahoans want honesty from their leaders. So, let’s be real: the current regime is bungling the economy and Idaho’s revenue is plummeting.

Governor Brad Little just announced mid-year “holdbacks,” budget cuts usually reserved for emergencies. But you would not know it from his press release. He’s spinning the surprise cuts as a positive, covering up the Republican mismanagement that created the crisis.

Little knew revenue was falling months ago. He even admitted Idaho could not afford giant tax cuts for the wealthy. Days later, he signed them anyway. He pushed the same reckless math with an unaffordable voucher scheme that sends public dollars to private, religious, and for-profit schools while local districts scramble with property tax levies just to keep the lights on.

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