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It’s exactly as I thought. All the top searches for this are full of vague and general descriptions. Not one gives me what tax revenues were in any given year and what they are now.

First google hit shows what I said above...”the shortfall over PROJECTED revenues” while the rest talk about a “budget shortfall of $700 million” without giving the numbers.

This is the game policiticans play. They “project” revenues and then spend accordingly but never lower the spending when the “projected tax revenues” don’t come in. They start with the spending side and then whine about “shortfalls” if they don’t get enough to cover their usually big increases in spending budgets. Even here in TN where we have to have a balanced budget they play this game.

Our local talk show host, Phil Valentine, loves to point out the “projected” revenues may be short but ACTUAL revenues are usually up over the previous year.

I’m not tryin to argue with you, I’m pointing out how it’s not specific and would love to see the actual numbers which I can’t find so far.

Thanks.