Rauschenberger endorses Dan Proft:
“The other candidates believe we have a management problem in state government. Proft correctly understands that it is a system problem.”
Rauschenberger, a well-respected former member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and lead budget negotiator for the Senate Republicans, cited Proft’s plans to cut taxes and impose statutory spending caps in his endorsement.
“People ask me if Proft’s ideas are workable. Not only are they workable, they are absolutely necessary,” said Rauschenberger, a former National President of the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Yes, this will solve a $12 billion structural deficit:
Not only should we not increase the income tax, I am the only candidate for Governor who has proposed specific tax cuts: cutting the personal income tax and corporate income tax in half (1.5% and 2.4% respectively) and eliminating the state estate tax.
Worse, Proft’s ideas to solve the budget rely on eliminating one time costs instead of dealing with the structural part of the deficit. The entire Republican field is dealing with fantasyland math.