Designed to help people understand the State Budget enough to become more effective participants in conversations about it - with each other, and with our lawmakers. Presented at a workshop, open to the public, at the Hawaii State Capitol, January 2013.

1. 10 things you should know about
the State Budget in 15 minutes

2. $24 billion over 2 years

3. Interactive treemap: http://kanuhawaii.org/code/treemap.tpl

4. $4,500
$4,045
Some Biennium Budget Items ($ millions)
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federal funds
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$1,576
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$1,216
$663
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5. How we rank: taxes
(as a % of total collections)
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Alaska
Vermont
North Dakota
West Virginia
Arkansas
Hawaii
Maine
Mississippi
Minnesota
Wyoming
New Mexico
Kentucky
Michigan
Montana
Wisconsin
California
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Idaho
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Indiana
Maryland
Kansas
Ohio
North Carolina
United States
Oklahoma
Alabama
Washington
Nevada
Iowa
South Carolina
Delaware
Nebraska
Utah
Ilinois
Florida
Tennessee
Arizona
Oregon
Virginia
Missouri
Georgia
New Hampshire
Colorado
Louisiana
TOTAL TAX % GSP
RANK
SALES & EXCISE
PERS. INCOME
CORP. INCOME
10.8%
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6. How we rank: spending
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HIGHER ED
SOCIAL SERVICES
MEDICAID
CORRECTIONS
TRANSPORTATION
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7. How we rank: Debt & Future Liabilities as % of GSP
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Connecticut
llllnols
Hawaii
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New Mexico•
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Jersey
West Virginia
Maine
Louisiana
Maryland
Kansas
Alaska
Ar izona•
California
Arkansas•
Alabama
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Pennsylvania
Vermont
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South Carolina
Oregon
Montana
Delaware
Wisconsin
Utah
NorthDakota•
Missouri
Colorado•
Virginia
Georgia
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Ohio
Michigan
Nevada
New Hampshire
Wyoming•
Minnesota
Idaho
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Nebraska*
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Washington
South Dakota
DEBT+UFL %GSP
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“…within two years, the State will face an evergrowing budget gap. Unless action is taken now,
the shortfall will be overwhelming and would
require ever more burdensome measures that
would negatively affect our state...”
“The annual budget shortfall beginning in FY 2014
would be $370 million.”

8. Budget Today

9. Budget in 10 years
Health
Medicaid
Benefits

10. Recommendations of the Tax Review Commission

11. Governor &
Departments
Submit
Proposed
Budget
Senate makes
its own
revisions
House takes
first crack at
revisions
Jan
Feb
Mar
Senate + House
Conference
Committee
compromise
Apr
Submitted to
Governor for
signature
and $ release
May
Jun

12. 10 things recapped
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Most of our money comes from the General Excise Tax on all goods and
services; little from corporate income taxes
In most areas we spend less or about the same as other states, e.g.,
education, health, transportation. Social Services is an exception (we
spend more than other states).
Comparatively small parts of the budget are devoted to things we may
consider really important like the environment and young kids
We have a big future challenge in our debt and unfunded promises to
pension and health benefits for retired public workers
It’s a bigger problem for us than most other states because of our longer
life expectancy and our larger commitment to public workers
Increases in retirement and health benefit spending plus increasing
Medicaid costs are predicted to drive annual deficits of $300M per year
starting in the next biennium
The Governor has proposed his budget and the Legislature is now
considering it (first House then Senate)
You can make an impact by contacting the chairs of the House Finance
and Senate Ways & Means Committees and sharing your views on where
you wish we would save and spend
If you live in the districts of the Chairs of these committees, you have a
special responsibility to understand the budget
…

13. 10. Take action…
(a) take 5 min to play with the interactive budget map:
www.kanuhawaii.org/code/treemap.tpl
(b) identify 1 thing you would invest more in and 1 thing you’re
willing to make a sacrifice
(c) email your views to chairs of the budget committees:
Rep. Sylvia Luke (repluke@capitol.hawaii.gov)
Sen. David Ige (sendige@capitol.hawaii.gov)
Volunteer to help Kanu educate communities by going door-to-door,
making presentations, or sharing content online with friends: Cherilyn
Inouye, Community Organizer, cherilyn@kanuhawaii.org