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Twelve Alternative Budget Cutting Proposals

$300,290,839.54

1. Liquidate leadership accounts and refund FYI 2008 appropriations: $219 million + $60.5 million = $279.5 million
2. [Or reduce legislature spending by 20%: $57.2 million annually]
3. Eliminate BIG: $10.6 million one-time refund
4. Eliminate PSAs: $6.24 million in annual savings
5. Reduce PHEAA funding by the amount spent on Board perks and frivolous litigation costs: $1.215 million
6. Reduce PHEAA funding by the amount spent on “lobbying fees.” Minimal annual savings: $1 million
7. Reduce judicial office space spending by 20%: Minimal annual savings: $684,000
8. Reduce Penn State University’s annual allocation by the amount of Graham Spanier’s annual base salary: $545,016
9. Reduce Turnpike funding by amount spent on “lobbying fees.” Minimal annual savings: $312,00o
10. Eliminate John Estey’s part-time job working for the state: $147, 443.
11. Rep. Mark Cohen’s refund for using tax payer dollars for his book buying sprees and New York weekends: $34,000
12. Senator Mellow promised refund of the “unvouchered expenses” he kept: $13,380.54

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