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States balance budgets with cuts, not taxes

It’s turned out to be a little less horrible than expected. That’s largely because more than half of the states saw more tax revenues come in than they had anticipated, a small but significant dividend from a gradually improving economy. California discovered an additional $6 billion in tax revenues that it hadn’t counted on. In New Jersey, the windfall was more than $900 million; in Michigan it was $429 million.

The extra cash helped ease the sense of emergency. But it wasn’t enough to save most states from the budget reckoning they anticipated. Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, likens the situation states faced this year to a couple who gets a hefty tax refund but still can’t afford a trip to Disney World because they have too many bills to pay.

According to Pattison’s group, 20 states had virtually no money in their rainy day funds. That meant those states this year essentially had to choose between making big spending cuts or raising taxes — or some combination of those two — to balance their budgets.

By and large, they’ve chosen spending cuts. Fresh off historic election wins in November, Republicans swept into statehouses pledging to shrink the size of government. Some 13 governors and 1,262 state legislators — a record number of both — have signed a pledge not to raise taxes. For many of them, the imperative to close budget gaps represented not a crisis but an opportunity to realign state government around a smaller mission.

The result is budgets that contract state government to a degree never before seen in some capitals. Florida’s budget spends $1 billion less than last year and $4 billion less than 2006. New York closed its $10 billion deficit with $9.3 billion in spending reductions. Arizona did away with a $1.5 billion shortfall with $1.1 billion in net spending reductions — and no new taxes.

“Everyone is cutting,” says Sujit M. CanagaRetna, a tax and budget expert at the Council of State Governments. “That’s a given.”

Michigan was a key battleground on corporate taxes. Republican Governor Rick Snyder made good on a campaign promise to eliminate the much-hated “Michigan Business Tax,” which companies complained was not only too costly but also convoluted and difficult to calculate. The tax will be replaced with a flat 6 percent corporate income tax. Michigan will make up the $1.8 billion in lost business tax revenues with a higher tax on personal income. Under existing Michigan law, the state income tax rate was supposed to drop to 3.9 percent by 2015. The measure Snyder signed keeps the income tax rate at its current 4.35 percent until January 1, 2013, when it will drop to 4.25 percent.

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Number: Draft: 48” SERY0154E595 Weight: 34,500lbs Construction: • The Hull of this twin screw mid-cabin luxury express is of a modified-V entry, plaining type, with a 17 degree dead-rise aft • She is built with a cored Hull; consisting of a of hand laid F.R.P. (Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic) with Baltek coring in hull bottom and sides • Encapsulated plywood or balsa coring (baltek) is used for coring’s, bulkhead’s, sole’s, and miscellaneous scantlings • Four (4) longitudinal stringers serve as bottom support and double as engine beds • Tape is used for decals and stripes • The bottom has a coat of marine bottom paint • A TNT hydraulic fiberglass swim platform is mounted on the transom Appearance: Boat has a very nice appearance; Fiberglass has good shine quality with no obvious scratches or signs of abuse. Propulsion Machinery Visually examined only; no mechanical evaluation requested or conducted Engine Description: Twin, 6V92TA Detroit Diesel Engines Serial Numbers: Port: DD 06VF2114444 Starboard: DD 06VF211447 Hours: 445 Hours: 447 • Rated at 545 horsepower each • Stock exhaust passes thru mufflers and exits out the aft corners of the hull • Engine hoses and electrical appear stock and not tampered with • Vessel equipped with “Groco” automatic oil changer • Overall appearance was good with only a few common oils leaks • There was a minor oil leak at a fitting on the starboard air cleaner Transmissions: Detroit Diesel Serial Numbers: Port: 5D G117 Starboard: 5D G116 • Model DD-5112-A/C • Reduction ratio of 1.

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