Wy#1 asset,low # of democates

[Knightia]

BEN NEARY, Associated Press

Published: 09:55 a.m., Tuesday, January 11, 2011

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lawmakers must be vigilant if they want continued economic success for Wyoming, which faces a budget surplus of more than $1 billion while other states struggle with massive deficits, legislative leaders said Tuesday.
As the 61st Legislature convened, several leaders urged rank-and-file state lawmakers to continue to watch both the state's purse strings and its social climate.

"We'll have to be as careful and as prudent as ever in regard to allocation of our resources," Senate President Jim Anderson, R-Glenrock, said in his opening remarks.

The GOP has an overwhelming advantage in both houses, outnumbering Democrats 50 to 10 in the House and 26 to four in the Senate. Also, for the first time in eight years, there's a Republican in the Governor's Office: Gov. Matt Mead will give his State of the State address to lawmakers Wednesday.
While many states are wrestling with how to close yawning budget deficits, Wyoming lawmakers are facing where to park the state's surplus. Wyoming is the leading coal-producing state and gets significant revenue from natural gas, coal and other minerals.

House Majority Floor Leader Tom Lubnau, R-Gillette, said people in Wyoming are growing weary of a federal government that "over-regulates, overspends and underperforms."

"Our country is wandering in a wilderness of confusion; we are not," Lubnau said of Wyoming. He credited past action by the Legislature for the state's low crime rate and money in the bank.

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( 0 would be a shortage & to many )

[Wolf killer]

Articles like this one make me home sick for Wyoming. I live in Montana, but long to move back to Wyoming.

[summit daWg]

Massive ENVY here!

[TexasGulf3]

ORIGINAL: Knightia: for the first time in eight years, there's a Republican in the Governor's Office:

Yep, now there's a rep to squander what the democrat Gov. built up.

Just like Bush squandered Clinton's surplus.

LOL, you don't even read you own propaganda before you post.



Hey Knightia, learn what the states are about, maybe you can be a citizen someday?

[Knightia]

Your a pretty strange one tex( im not a citizen?)- do you think dave onely works here & that they are his assets?


Yep dave was our Lepprechaun looking public servent for awhile & did mostly what he was suppose to.

Your other babble is just that - & your sounding like you skiped out of grade school class.

Luckly we dont need you looking out for our funds or clintoon( thnk god & our lucky stars- ppl like you are rare here)

[burniegoeasily]

Originally Posted by TexasGulf3

Yep, now there's a rep to squander what the democrat Gov. built up.

Just like Bush squandered Clinton's surplus.

Could you please explain the Clinton surplus to us all???? How do you hand over a surplus while adding to the national debt?? And lets not speak of that darn recession Clinton left office with. I know this is a great liberal talking point, but has no truth.

[emptyquiver2]

.....its a lack of the proper understanding of the National Debt and the Deficit, and by magic, it is transformed into a surplus. Lets not forget who it was that held the purse strings through the better part of both administrations. What was it that caused Clintons shift to the middle? The Two Step that Obama is now trying to dance. When you have to borrow money from the Chicoms.....you are BROKE.