Abstract
THE CALIFORNIA Journal of Politics & Policy Volume 3, Issue 2 Learning to Do Less with Less: The Hawai‘i State Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 Todd L. Belt University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Abstract The economic downturn in 2008 created budgetary problems for the state of Hawai‘i through 2010. The 2009 biennial budget anticipated a shortfall of $2.1 billion. Tax increases, contract renegotiations, employee furloughs, and across-the-board cuts implemented in 2009 and continued in 2010, were not enough, and the governor and the legislature became locked in a struggle over priorities. For reasons unique to Hawai‘i, certain departments and programs shouldered the brunt of these cuts while others remained relatively unscathed. Keywords: Hawaii state budget, Hawaii politics, taxes, Linda Lingle www.bepress.com/cjpp
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