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Budget Basics. The State Budget: A Matter of Priorities. Renell Weathers, Outreach Director rweathers@mlpp.org 2013.
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Budget Basics The State Budget: A Matter of Priorities Renell Weathers, Outreach Director rweathers@mlpp.org 2013
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MONEY IN MONEY OUT REVENUE APPROPRIATIONS
The Big Tax Shift Taxes on Businesses CUT 23% Taxes on Individuals UP 83%
The Budget Process Governor Review/Signature & Budget Bills Enacted Mid-June – July Introduction - Governor’s Budget Recommendation Late January – Mid-February Subcommittee Deliberations and Full Appropriations Committee Review February – April Conference Committees Late May – Mid-June First Full House or Senate Action Mid-April Second Full House or Senate Action April-May
Options: 1. New revenue 2. More cuts 3. Executive order 4. Balanced approach
A Decade of Disinvestment Change in Detroit CPI FY 2003-FY 2013: 21%
Be Part of the Budget Process! • Most major policy decisions are made at least partly through the budget process. • Families affected by poverty need stronger representation.
What Action is Needed to: • Save our Youth • Save our Families • Save our Cities
Invest in our Youth • Increase per pupil funding • Stop out of school suspensions • Provide Ceasefire funding
Restore Funding for Families and Cities • Restore EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) to 20% of Federal EITC • Restore Revenue Sharing to fund public safety and public transit
Reduce Funding for Prisons and Highways • Reduce juvenile incarceration • Eliminate highway expansion • Cut tax credits to corporations
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