In an alternate budget reality...
David Paterson has proposed that the state tie its spending increases to the rate of inflation -- and, as his budget people figure it, that would have meant $17 billion less in state spending over the last five years.
OK, but what would the size of the state budget look like if it had been tracking inflation over the last two decades? Hey, look, we already have a chart for that.
Short story: if the budget had been tracking inflation all that time, this year's budget would be almost $47 billion smaller.
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