http://iowaindependent.com/20769/education-to-endure-58-percent-of-budget-cuts Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:41:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://iowaindependent.com/20769/education-to-endure-58-percent-of-budget-cuts/comment-page-1#comment-19398 W Scott Lincoln Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:41:21 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20769#comment-19398 Although the UI Faculty Senate President says that he is surprised by the magnitude of the cuts (given that Culver only needed to cut 7% from the budget and he ordered 10%) I think it is the right thing to do. Virtually all of the budget projections that have come out over the last couple years have all been worse than expected. I'd rather we make the cuts now, and then start to recover sooner that we would have otherwise. I think "better safe than sorry" applies here nicely. Although the UI Faculty Senate President says that he is surprised by the magnitude of the cuts (given that Culver only needed to cut 7% from the budget and he ordered 10%) I think it is the right thing to do. Virtually all of the budget projections that have come out over the last couple years have all been worse than expected. I'd rather we make the cuts now, and then start to recover sooner that we would have otherwise. I think “better safe than sorry” applies here nicely.

]]> http://iowaindependent.com/20769/education-to-endure-58-percent-of-budget-cuts/comment-page-1#comment-19108 W Scott Lincoln Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:41:21 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20769#comment-19108 Although the UI Faculty Senate President says that he is surprised by the magnitude of the cuts (given that Culver only needed to cut 7% from the budget and he ordered 10%) I think it is the right thing to do. Virtually all of the budget projections that have come out over the last couple years have all been worse than expected. I'd rather we make the cuts now, and then start to recover sooner that we would have otherwise. I think "better safe than sorry" applies here nicely. Although the UI Faculty Senate President says that he is surprised by the magnitude of the cuts (given that Culver only needed to cut 7% from the budget and he ordered 10%) I think it is the right thing to do. Virtually all of the budget projections that have come out over the last couple years have all been worse than expected. I'd rather we make the cuts now, and then start to recover sooner that we would have otherwise. I think “better safe than sorry” applies here nicely.

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