Posted on 09/30/2021 3:23:07 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday recommended legislators quickly spend most of the $1 billion of federal coronavirus aid the state received this year on infrastructure, economic development and other projects to avoid inflation and rising construction costs.
The second-term Republican governor, in an address at the state Capitol, also recommended using a portion of the state’s better-than-expected ending fund balance of $1.1 billion in the last two-year budget cycle to provide $207 million in income tax relief to residents and $100 million to bolster the state’s troubled pension fund, which is threatened to be exhausted in time if lawmakers do not take action.
Burgum, who dubbed his spending plan “Accelerate ND,” earlier asked state agencies for proposals as a way to set priorities for the federal coronavirus relief money. The proposals totaled nearly $5 billion.
The Legislature is already set to reconvene Nov. 8 to finish work on legislative redistricting. However, lawmakers have just four days left that they can meet until 2023 under the North Dakota Constitution, leaving them little time to squeeze in anything besides redistricting. The Legislature already met 76 of the 80 days allotted under the constitution every two years.
Burgum could call a special session, though, and that would give lawmakers as much time as they need to address the coronavirus funds.
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Accelerate the crash of the USA
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Pigs bellying up to the trough
congresspigs
statepigs
countypigs
citypigs
Well, I would set up the North Dakota Constitutional Militia and give the funds to them for training and equipment.
Every governor Republican and Democrat, local mayors etc. etc. have all this funny money to spend between now and the end of 2023.
You might have noticed that Virginia and New York when they legalized marijuana set the date for 2024 that’s because they won’t have the funny money for “revenue” by then.
Some of the money Trump put aside for COVID is still not spent
So the phones for COVID-19 aren’t really for COVID-19? Kinda of sounds like COVID-19 is a hoax
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