What's a few billion here and there?

Today, the Chronicle posted the following lengthy correction to an editorial that appeared in yesterday's newspaper:

An editorial on Page B10 of Wednesday's City & State section said the state budget approved by the Texas Senate Finance Committee would allocate only $1.8 billion in additional dollars to public education. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said the Senate also intends to approve an additional $300 million to subsidize teachers health insurance and $400 million for textbooks. Also, $3.2 billion in fees and current taxes would be shifted from other agencies to education, and local taxpayers could elect to contribute as much as $1.1 billion to enrich local districts.

The editorial's main contention was that the plan allocated "too little money" to education and healthcare needs.

Perhaps the editorialists should have spent a little more time researching their numbers, and a little less time researching movies starring Walter Matthau.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/24/05 11:39 PM | Houston Chronicle | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (2)

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