Runs in the Family

Little Jeb piggy wants to run for president, but he may find there is no country left over which to preside after Incurious George, his brother, the monekyPres gets done with us. George even makes his dad look good, a real accomplishment as he is another election fixing money changer. It's in the blood. It's the anything for a buck gene
Gov. Bush: Tax less, spend more
Gov. Jeb Bush sent legislators a $71 billion spending plan for the state that calls for large tax cuts, more money for schools and millions to help the state recover from hurricanes.
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Community college and university students will pay 5 percent more for tuition this fall. University employees won't get a 2 percent pay raise, unlike other state employees. And South Florida schools will continue to be penalized because of a recent change in the school funding formula.

Still, the amount of spending surprised some Democrats. Instead of uniformly criticizing the proposals, they questioned why Bush waited until his final year in office to recommend such increases. A conservative tax group also blanched at the bottom line, because it increased faster than the state economy.

Yet Bush, who has slashed thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in spending since taking office in 1999, insisted he was being consistent with his past budgets, some of which were far stingier. His plan reduces the number of state jobs again, relying heavily on the final round of privatization of services in the Department of Children & Families. It also socks away $6.4 billion in reserves, fattened from higher-than-expected tax collections.

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