Budget Numbers...Granholms' rhetoric doesnt' match reality

Here is Engler's last years budget and Granholm's budgets...where are all the "cuts" and "savings" she claims to have made???

Look at the "state employee" numbers...where are the "thousands" of "less" employess???  Maybe 1,000 or so less, but how many have been "transfered" to "off the books" agencies?

2003:

Spending

(FY 03-04) Total Budget: $38,546,223,200

(FY 03-04) General Fund: $8,886,841,500 (House Fiscal Agency FY 03-04 Budget Overview Summary and Analysis, page 4: http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDFs/summ03-04_b.pdf).

Inflation
2.27% (http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/CurrentInflation.asp).

Unemployment
7.1% (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=LASST26000003&data_tool=%22EaG%22)

State Estimated Population
10,068,311 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal/lm_census_StateEst0006_181741_7.xls)

State Employees
54,984 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/24th_AWFR_Complete_84712_7.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks)

2004:

Spending

(FY 04-05) Total Budget: $39,236,530,900

(FY 04-05) General Fund: $8,751,597,200 (House Fiscal Agency FY 04-05 Budget Overview Summary and Analysis, page 12: http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDFs/Summ_analy04-05.pdf).

Inflation
2.68% (http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/CurrentInflation.asp).

Unemployment
7% (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=LASST26000003&data_tool=%22EaG%22).

State Estimated Population
10,093,398 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal/lm_census_StateEst0006_181741_7.xls).

State Employees
55,043 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/25th_AWFR_Complete_119970_7.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks)

2005:

Spending

(FY 05-06) Total Budget: $40,224,217,400

(FY 05-06) General Fund: $8,975,685,700 (House Fiscal Agency FY 05-06 Budget Overview Summary and Analysis, page 10: http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDFs/Summ_analy05-06.pdf).

Inflation
3.39% (http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/CurrentInflation.asp).

Unemployment
6.8% (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=LASST26000003&data_tool=%22EaG%22).

State Estimated Population
10,100,833 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal/lm_census_StateEst0006_181741_7.xls)

State Employees
54,457 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/26th_AWFR_Complete_156331_7.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks)

2006:

Spending

(FY 06-07) Total Budget: $41,672,547,100

(FY 06-07) General Fund: $9,222,830,000 (House Fiscal Agency FY 06-07 Budget Overview Summary and Analysis, page 9: http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDFs/FULLsummAnal%20web.pdf)

Inflation
3.24% (http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/CurrentInflation.asp)

Unemployment
6.9% (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=LASST26000003&data_tool=%22EaG%22)

State Estimated Population
10,095,643 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal/lm_census_StateEst0006_181741_7.xls)

State Employees at Beginning of Year
54,300 (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdcs/27th_AWFR_Complete_186263_7.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks)

2007:

Spending

(FY 07-08) Total Budget: $42,806,727,300 (ESTIMATED)

(FY 07-08) General Fund: $9,862,055,100 (ESTIMATED)

Inflation
2.18% (http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/CurrentInflation.asp) Figure is averaged from inflation data from January-September 2007

Unemployment
7.0% (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=LASST26000003&data_tool=%22EaG%22) Figure is averaged from unemployment data from January-September 2007

State Estimated Population
No estimates presently exist for 2007.

State Employees
53,933 [As of June 2007] (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdcs/WF_2007_3rd__Quarter_Complete_205572_7.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks)