January 18, 2012 - 10:28 a.m.•By REP. BOB PRITCHARD
The governor unveiled a three-year budget outline last week that calls for capping the growth in Medicaid, flat funding for education, 7 percent cuts in most other areas and seems to call for extending the income tax increase. The general reaction was shock from the reality of sluggish income projections through 2015, and that the governor has finally realized major spending reductions are necessary.