Gregoire (Wash. state) budget would slash programs, cut $4 billion

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Source: Seattle Times

Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday proposed unprecedented budget cuts that wipe out some state programs to the poor, slash spending on education, cut pay for state workers, close prisons and reduce ferry runs.

No corner of the budget appeared left untouched.

State Arts Commission, gone.

State tourism office, gone.

The Basic Health Plan, which provides subsidized insurance for the working poor, gone.

Also eliminated under the proposal: Disability Lifeline, a program that provides cash payments to the disabled poor; programs for gifted students in public schools; McNeil Island Corrections Center; and the Maple Lane School for juvenile offenders in Rochester.

... The bleeding goes on and on for nearly 30 pages. And that's just the summary.

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