Yes, Sarah Palin’s FY2009 budget only increased the Catholic Community Services budget by 6 times the FY2008 budget, instead of the roughly 11 times requested.
Warren Throckmorton got this one, I’ll just refer to his post:
[T]he charge regarding a cut relates to a reduced increase, and not a cut. As a legislator, it is relatively easy to ask for money for a constituent’s project knowing that the Executive branch has to balance the budget. In summary, the legislature proposed $370,000 in three line items, with the final budget allocating $200,000 to Catholic Community Services. CCS received almost six times as much funding in FY2009 as in FY2008. I do not see how this can be considered a cut.
This one is part of a pattern. You start with the 2009 budget, and look through it for a line item edit.
As you can see, they do sort of stand out.
Then for every cut, you can restate it as “Sarah Palin ‘cut’ the budget for This Good Thing.”
If you don’t look at the previous years budget, it’s easy to make it look like a dastardly deed.
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