By the end of the Fiscal Year, instead of growing by hundreds of millions of dollars the state’s General Revenue came up a net $633,836,284.17 short – 6.62% below the total raised in Fiscal Year 2019. That’s effectively better than a billion dollar gap.
Missouri has long lagged most other states in the operation of its benefit programs. As mentioned before, the state has moved from a county office model to Call Centers handling food stamps, Medicaid and most other programs. The Call Centers have been a monumental failure at handling everyday work flow. They now constitute an inescapable calamity struggling families must endure.
After the 1918 flu pandemic it took years for life to return to normal. This go around, plan on a decade of pain.
The restaurant and hospitality industry evaporated this week. Other than grocers, retail is gone. Major manufacturers are closing the assembly lines. The result will be hundreds of thousands of formerly working and middle class families toppling into poverty. Missouri government can’t handle that.
I started wondering, how many extra, needless Coronavirus deaths will we have here in Missouri because so many of our neighbors lack medical coverage.
The West County Democrats hosted Dr. Sam Page, the St. Louis County Executive today. Due to urgent commitments, his presentation was abbreviated but he did give a good update on the state of St. Louis County, and good progressive initiatives Read More …