Comments on: Map: How much Utah and other states rely on federal funds

By: National liberal fiscal insanity, or why Utah needs a spending amendment | Sutherland Daily

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:35:07 +0000

[...] would all be simply an academic debate for Utah, if it weren’t for the fact that nearly one-third of the state’s budget came from the federal government, according to the Tax Foundation. Relying [...]

By: Richard Warnick

Richard Warnick — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:02:00 +0000

Or you could make the rich and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. There is always that option. In fact, a majority of Americans voted for it a little over a month ago.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Good points. We all want the Fed Govt to tighten its belt and live on a budget. Well, part of that will be cutting back on the state giveaways. We’ve got to modfiy our way of thinking in each state and get used to less “free” stuff and “free services” from the state. There is no solution to this that won’t cause some pain, the only question is do we want slow and managable pain and an eventual cure, or will we go the same until immediate shock and then death.