Tennessee Budget Crisis

Posted by innocent bystander , Jul 27,2001,13:50

Here is one poor guy's lame attempt to try to make sense of some of the stuff we are being told and sold. Join in with your comments and suggestions.

http://tnbudgetcrisis.tripod.com

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Tennessee Budget Crisis

Re: Tennessee Budget Crisis -- innocent bystander

Posted by Admirer , Jul 27,2001,14:53

MetroBlab

Very nice. Full of interesting information that I haven't seen in the News-Sentinel (or is that redundant?)

Tennessee Budget Crisis

Re: Tennessee Budget Crisis -- Admirer

Posted by innocent bystander , Jul 27,2001,15:13

MetroBlab

Thanks. I have often wondered why when the local media discusses tuition raises, they have never talked about tuition at comparable schools, or why when we talk about budgets we never compare to anyone else's to see what they are doing.

I'm not 100% confident that all these numbers are 100% accurate because there is no standardized format for budget reporting, and the information comes from a variety of sources such as state budget documents, the census, industry trade groups, and media. So, there may be some "apples and oranges" going on. But, I'd guess these numbers are good within a few hundred million, and indicate some general trends and ratios.

This exercise has convinced me of one thing: there should be federally mandated standardized reporting requirements for reporting state and federal spending, like a 10-Q for publicly traded companies.