Georgia’s 2010 budget passed the state House Thursday, but not without some help from Uncle Sam.
The proposed budget calls for more than $18.5 billion in state spending and includes about $1.4 billion in federal stimulus dollars.
The aid from the White House could help fund some of the $29 million for school nurses Governor Sonny Perdue wanted to eliminate. It could also plug a $200 million hole in the state’s Medicaid program.
Republican Ben Harbin says budget-writers looked meticulously at every agency’s spending.
The proposed budget calls for more than $18.5 billion in state spending and includes about $1.4 billion in federal stimulus dollars.
The aid from the White House could help fund some of the $29 million for school nurses Governor Sonny Perdue wanted to eliminate. It could also plug a $200 million hole in the state’s Medicaid program.
Republican Ben Harbin says budget-writers looked meticulously at every agency’s spending.
“We’ve had to make some tough decisions, and those tough decisions didn’t come with just a willy-nilly reaction to what we thought was way a to get this budget balanced…”
But some Democrats are crying foul because the budget doesn’t include funds for the Homeowner’s Tax Relief Grants. They’re calling it the biggest tax increase in Georgia’s history.
The budget now heads to the Senate.
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