Culver's Budget Reaction Will Lead to Higher Property Taxes
DES MOINES, IA – Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) issued the following statement today regarding Governor Culver’s 10 percent across the board reduction:
“Iowans know that you simply cannot irresponsibly spend more money than you take in and yet Governor Culver and legislative Democrats continually plugged their ears to the Republican warnings about passing unsustainable budgets.
Governor Culver and legislative Democrats chose to deny the existence of their self-created deficits and then vote against common sense Republican amendments aimed at cutting hundreds of millions in waste and now the taxpayers of this state are suffering the consequences of Democrat fiscal mismanagement. Democrats had an opportunity to make responsible reductions earlier and now this action taken by Governor Culver will lead to significantly higher property taxes at a time when Iowans can least afford it.
Senate Republicans recently proposed a constitutional limit on state spending, a 2/3 supermajority vote of both houses of the Legislature to authorize new state borrowing, and a sunset on every state funded program so a thorough review of those programs can be conducted. Iowa does not have a revenue problem – we have a spending problem and Senate Republicans stand ready to again offer solutions to solving the worsening budgetary crisis if Governor Culver and Democrats are finally willing to listen to the taxpayers of Iowa.”
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