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Mr. Stedman, meanwhile, said the state was in good shape in part because lawmakers in both parties – armed with the surplus – pushed through major spending projects that have limited the recession’s impact.

Redistributionist BS.

[Tim n Texas]

On the pipeline, I thought the Times simply pointed out that it was no longer commercially viable, which is probably true. There’s a glut of natural gas in the lower 48. Maybe an LNG terminal for global export would have been a better idea.