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WV leaders acting to head off budget shortfall

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Politicians in West Virginia are not often known for foresight and thinking ahead, but we must give credit to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin for doing all he can to manage what seems to be a pretty significant budget shortfall for this fiscal year.

I know this isn't going to be much fun for department heads already forced to do more with less, but just like every family in this state, we've had to set a budget and live by it.

The idea behind this move is pretty simple, but it's a hallmark of solid financial policy - you always have to have more coming in than you do going out. Too bad they don't know that in Washington.