The legislature approved funding but also passed $60M in tax breaks without matching spending cuts. Nixon then cut this (and 130 other) budget line items in an

The legislature approved funding but also passed $60M in tax breaks without matching spending cuts. Nixon then cut this (and 130 other) budget line items in an attempt to balance the now-much-smaller budget [1]. The legislature is just as complicit in the current situation as Nixon. You don't get to slash taxes and then complain that it's someone else's fault that there's no money for critical programs. [1] http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/less-new-money-for-public-defenders-in-missouri-as-governor/article_3962607e-b4cf-586b-b491-f18d7c6f96a7.html http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/less-ne...