LANSING (WKZO) — The Michigan House and Senate Joint Revenue estimating committee is projecting revenue will be up 217-million this fiscal year, and another 147-million next year.
It’s the best guess they can make.
They are predicting the school aide fund will actually drop by as much as 20-million over the next two years.
Right away republicans were talking about spending the extra money on roads. House Appropriations Chair Al Pscholka says it could make Speaker Kevin Cotter’s proposed reliance on future growth actually work, at least for the first year
. But Kalamazoo Democrat Jon Hoadley says that’s assuming a lot, that there will eventually be a 700-million dollar surplus every year.
He says road funding needs a more dependable source.
The Governor agrees calling that extra revenue “one-time money”. They need permanent dedicated funding for infrastructure repairs.
The League for Public Policy issued a statement saying another priority that is being neglected that is even more important than roads is the state’s children, and some of that money should be spent on them.
