John Cooper's budget is based on flawed assumptions, misguided goals

by Ralph Bristol, Guest columnist, The Tennessean - ... Flawed assumptions.  Cooper’s budget was submitted before it was certain that more federal aid was on the way. .... There’s no longer any reasonable doubt about massive federal relief for state and city budgets. The only question is “how much.” ... Neither companies nor cities exist for the purpose of providing employment. That is a hard concept for politicians to grasp, especially when government employees constitute a large, highly funded and organized block of their political base. (read more)