And then you look at states like California, I think New Jersey, Maryland, New York and others, they are proposing raising taxes on their people because they have budget deficits. Well, The reason is because they were so dependent on Covid era funding and that now that that funding is getting cut off, they're not, you know, in fiscal enough shape to be able to deal with that. And thankfully in Georgia we didn't go down that route because we knew, you know, this was going to be one time kind of short term money to help us get through the pandemic. (07:31–07:42)
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Asserts that some states are facing budget deficits due to reliance on Covid-era funding.
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