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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2009 02:26 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 12 November 2009 02:26
From wgrz.com:
After talking tough about the need to cut state spending, Gov. David Paterson this morning suggested that he’s open to any deal with legislative leaders could close a $3.2 billion mid-year budget deficit.
Paterson held a half-hour conference call with legislative leaders that reporters were able to listen in on.
“I’m less and less ideological about deficit reduction,” he told the leaders. “We just have to do it. In other words, if the four of you agreed on something that I don’t right now, I’d be persuaded to go along with it.”
He said his “main thrust is doing what’s right for the people of New York, which is not to injury our financial position as so many states have.”