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This week I want to address Utah’s budget crisis. At the Sutherland Institute we call the budget crisis “a glorious opportunity” – an opportunity to revisit the purpose of state government, an opportunity to rethink our values and our priorities as a people, and an opportunity to go on that much needed fiscal diet after years of getting fat and demanding.

Folks, this one is going to be painful. Utah’s State Legislature has insisted for months that cuts will be long and deep. Our very popular Governor – with Obama-like optimism – wants to preserve as much current spending as possible by raising taxes and bonding our futures. read more