White: "State budget increased 80 percent under Rick Perry" -True

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PoltifactCheck 8/12/10
Bill White says state budget up over 80 percent under Rick Perry
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White stopped in Midland on Monday, saying he'll be fiscally wiser as governor than the Republican incumbent.

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Over 80 percent?

That percentage sounded familiar. In a February Truth-O-Meter article, we reported that budgeted non-dedicated state spending increased 80 percent from the 2000-01 budget, adopted the year before Perry became governor, to the current budget. We found shaky Perry's statement that on his watch, "we cut state spending."

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And how did White reach his proclaimed increase of over 80 percent? The entire budget, counting all funding sources including federal and local aid, increased from nearly $101.8 billion in 2000-01 to almost $182.2 billion in 2010-11-- a boost of 79 percent. (Please free free to check our math; we thank you.)

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Upshot: Budgeted spending increased nearly 79 percent on Perry's watch, not the "over 80 percent" White said. Also, there are ways to analyze the increase that reduce the growth percentage. Still, it's defensible to lean on raw budget amounts.

We rate White's statement Mostly True.

Perry has been steadily growing his cronyism state government and the only thing we wants to cut is services for the most vulnerable. Meanwhile he's living rich at his $10,000 a month gated mansion on taxpayer money. :puke:

Remember that great Back to Basics Ad on Perry's living high:
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