Did Delaware legislators punt on large-scale budget reforms?
DOVER — Did lawmakers punt on some of the state’s most pressing concerns by not taking more steps to shrink the state budget over the past 18 months?
Gov. Jack Markell has given indications he believes they did.
In 2015, he proposed halving a senior property tax subsidy for senior citizens, which would have saved the state $12.6 million. Earlier this year, he suggested reforming employee health care by locking all future workers into a Health Savings Account rather than giving them several plans to choose from.
Both moves would have curbed the budget’s growth a bit, something just about everyone agrees is necessary with the state battling revenues that are not growing as hoped.
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