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Patrick Morrisey: “We had a 2% decrease in terms of baseline spending from last…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Governor Morrisey Delivers Budget Update

Published | Video Starts at 04:50

We're not pointing fingers, we're not attacking anyone. But we said we need to make changes so that we can become more competitive with the other states that we touch. What were those changes? We had a 2% decrease in terms of baseline spending from last year. from the previous year to last year. That's very significant because when you're talking about budget problems that go out into the future, you have to address the baseline, the legal obligations that you have. (04:50–04:57)

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