|
AppropriationsSummary |
Actual[72] |
Recommended |
Savings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interdepartmental
Grants: |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Federal Funds: |
$4,109,800 |
$4,109,800 |
0 |
|
State General
Fund/General Purpose: |
$102,983,700 |
$95,109,317 |
$7,874,383 |
|
Special Revenue Funds: |
$161,900 |
$161,900 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Appropriation: |
$107,255,400 |
$78,362,127 |
$7,874,383 |
For the purposes of this paper, the term General Government
will refer to expenditures in the following three areas: operating costs for the
Executive Office, the State Legislature, and the Library of Michigan. All three
of these are characterized by excessive bureaucracy. The Legislature should
take this opportunity to correct this problem, and implement the changes listed
below.