Assuming that EWE gets credit for all of the spending in the FY 1995-96 budget and Big Daddy starts with the FY 1996-97 budget and gets credit for all of the FY2003-04 budget, Governor Blanco will have spent in 4 years at least $98.4 BILLION (probably a bit low) while Big Daddy in 8 years spent $113 BILLION.

These figures are even more startling when one considers that in the last four years, the state’s population has actually declined as has the enrollment in the public schools and colleges.

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