Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's State Budget, 2nd Edition. An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2003-04 Appropriations and Recommendations for 2004-05. Revision of the March 2003 Study. A Mackinac Center Report

Autor/in	LaFaive, Michael D.
Institution	Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Midland, MI.
Titel	Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's State Budget, 2nd Edition. An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2003-04 Appropriations and Recommendations for 2004-05. Revision of the March 2003 Study. A Mackinac Center Report
Quelle	(2004), (94 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-890624-37-3
Schlagwörter	School Support; Public Policy; Income; State Schools; Economic Progress; Educational Finance; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulförderverein; Öffentliche Ordnung; Einkommen; Staatliche Schule; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	As the debate rages in Lansing over the size and scope of the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year state budget, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy is republishing and updating budget cutting ideas from its March 2003 study, "Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's Budget." The 2003 study made over 200 recommendations that, if adopted, could still generate more than $2 billion in savings and one-time "revenue enhancements" for the state General Fund/General Purpose (GF/GP) portion of the state budget. The GF/GP is the area over which legislators have the most discretion. It is especially notable that none of these recommendations include any cuts to revenue for the state School Aid Fund or the Michigan Education Assessment Program, only a small cut to Medicaid revenue is recommended. This report differs from the 2003 budget five ways. First, it excludes most budget line items that would have relied primarily on federal or special revenue funding. This change was made to simplify the report for readers and to emphasize the savings that could easily balance Michigan's budget without raising taxes--an imperative if Michigan is to compete effectively with other states and nations for economic growth and development. Second, this report is different from the 2003 budget study in that it relies on both the Governor's "as passed" 2004 budget data and her proposed 2005 budget as sources. Third, the author has taken the liberty of highlighting useful information by adding new italicized commentary within the 2003 text. Fourth, the aggregate savings proposed by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in this document reflect neither the proposed savings or proposed spending increases in Governor Granholm's 2005 proposed budget. Fifth, the Mackinac Center recommends making other fundamental changes to Michigan's budget landscape that did not appear in the 2003 budget study. Those are detailed in the 2004 addendum at the back of this volume. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 140 West Main Street, P.O. Box 568, Midland, MI 48640. Tel: 989-631-0900; Fax: 989-631-0964; Web site: http://www.mackinac.org; e-mail: mcpp@mackinac.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10