And if you look at the last budget a year ago, it had a $15 billion increase for the first time over $100 billion went to state government and The surplus amounted to about $2.5 billion. So in other words, less than 30% of the increase from last year. State government has plenty of money. State government has a spending problem. It does not have a revenue problem. (03:03–03:07)
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Asserts that the budget surplus was approximately $2.5 billion.
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