The Governor and the Swiss Cheese Budget

Well the budget with more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese is out and it bods ill for NH. Not all of NH but most all.

Let's ask a couple of questions regarding this piece of cheese.

First, how do you balance a budget with non existent income from a non existent source which, if the approval for it to exist shown in the House chamber when proposed is any indication, will remain extinct?

Second, if one proposal in the budget is to spend millions training a highly skilled, young, local, high tech, work force to answer the call for workers of prospective new businesses in NH and another proposal is to make it more difficult and expensive for those businesses to locate in NH, then why are both contained in the budget?

Third, if true that a huge problem in NH is the migration of young talented residents to other states is a fact (and it is)  then why does the budget aggravate the problem with all its anti business proposals?

Fourth and last, after a 2 year hiatus the new budget proposes raiding the dedicated funds in the state to achieve a balanced budget. In other words stealing money from tomorrows needs to purchase goods and services now rather than developing funding. If you take money out of your emergency savings account to pay your mortgage because you spent your paycheck on a new sports car is that balancing you household budget? Neither is it for the state.

Our salvation from these absurities lies with the General Court - our House and Senate let's hope in there lies more common sense and accounting skills.