Monday, March 3, 2008

Legislative session begins with cuts

Florida government has weathered tough times before, but there have never been so many storm clouds on the Sunshine State's horizon at the start of a legislative session.

"For the first time in history, Florida's general revenue has fallen for two straight years," Kurt Wenner, director of tax research for Florida TaxWatch, said at a recent seminar sponsored by the government watchdog group and the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University. "We're down, but we're down from artificially high years. You've got to remember that."

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