“This year’s budget is filled with many questionable money grabs and accounting gimmicks. Lawmakers had to resort to unorthodox tactics because they were unwilling to close tax loopholes and end unnecessary tax breaks that are draining revenue. Balancing the budget by raiding a scholarship trust fund is one broken promise that must not be allowed to stand.”
– OK Policy Executive Director David Blatt, writing about the legislature’s decision to raid the Oklahoma Promise scholarship fund in an attempt to balance the budget. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said Thursday that the revenue transfer was unlawful (Source: http://bit.ly/1lDNinz)