Budget myths and realities from Senate Dems

State Senate Democrats issued a two-page document this morning that is clearly a response to the views of Republican lawmakers on how to deal with the budget deficit.

To be clear, there is no mention of the Grand Old Party

From the ending comes this::

What they’re proposing:

• Stopping expansion of full-day kindergarten, proven critical to help kids be

better students throughout their lives

• Canceling expansion of children’s health care to cover kids between 250-300

percent of the federal poverty level

• Ending pay-as-you-go health insurance for low-income people (Basic Health Plan)

• Cutting General Assistance-Unemployable, a last-ditch safety-net program for

those who are physically or mentally incapacitated

All of these moves combined would save $1 billion.

The budget gap is at least $8.3 billion.