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Ten Budget Cutting Proposals: 2008

$313,358,707.34

1. Liquidate non-lapsing, leadership accounts $241.5 million
2. Reduce legislature spending by 20%: $57.2 million annually.
3. Eliminate BIG: $10.6 million one-time refund.
4. Eliminate PSAs: $1.35 million in annual savings.
5. Reduce PHEAA funding by the amount spent on “lobbying fees:” $1 million.
6. Reduce judicial office space spending by 20%: Minimal annual savings: $684,000.
7. Reduce Penn State University’s annual allocation by the amount of Graham Spanier’s annual base salary: $611, 367.
8. Reduce Turnpike funding by amount spent on “lobbying fees.” Minimal annual savings: $312,000.
9. Refund from Senate members who continue to profit from "unvouchered expenses”: $67,340.34.
10. Rep. Mark Cohen’s refund for using tax payer dollars for his book buying sprees and New York weekends: $34,000.

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