DOVER — Budget-writing lawmakers on Monday opted to reduce a property tax break for older residents and declined to vote on proposals to increase the amount that current and former state employees would pay for health care insurance.
The Joint Finance Committee, scheduled to continue meeting through next week to beginning crafting a final budget, convened for about five hours and cut approximately $51 million from a large gap between projected revenue and spending.
The cuts were directly based on Gov. John Carney’s proposal, but legislators left arguably the most controversial portion for another day, choosing not to vote on health care insurance costs.
Gov. Carney’s recommended budget included what amounts to a cut of $6.5 million for health care subsidies by shifting, on average, 3 percent of the costs to state employees. Delaware currently covers 90 percent of the costs for health care.
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How about legislators stop bailing out the casinos then there would be plenty of money.
ReplyDeleteWithout casinos, where would the Democratic campaign funds come from?
ReplyDeleteScrew the retirees so the government workers can get more unearned virtual welfare!
ReplyDeleteKeep that crap up and see how long you last....remember what happened last year at the national level?!
Or use the funds as intened for education ONLY!
ReplyDeleteHow many years has Delaware been sending (Democratic) Governors to China for trade missions? There hasn't even been an uptick in Chinese restaurants to show for it. Further, it's not Seniors who are pumping babies into the school system, it's the liberal politicians that have been promoting open borders since the guy from Kenya got into office.
ReplyDeleteMAGA!
Amen!
DeleteThe Liberal Democrat politicians that have a stranglehold on Delaware are only concerned about three things.
ReplyDelete1. Anything queer
2. Giving illegal immigrants a pass on the "Democrat FREE Ride Train"
3. The rights of convicted criminals - felons
To support their liberal costly agenda they continually seek out $$$'s from those who have and have saved, not from the Freeloading takers of other peoples $$$'s
Any state that has a democrat, this is their collective silent agenda
Schools milk us dry from forced education of foreigners, many here illegally. They pay nothing, we pay the freight.
Makes me seriously consider selling my house and moving to another state that is not ruled by the democrats
ReplyDeleteSo older Delawarians that don't have school aged children should pay more for schools?
ReplyDeleteHow about we get rid of government schools and let the parents of school aged kids pay their own way?