Since the governor does not like her options in meeting the next $2 billion hole in the state budget, here are some that should have been considered at the beginning of the recession.

1. Reduce the size of governmental agencies. Experience has shown that the more tax money we throw at governmental agencies the more inefficient and wasteful they become.

The number of cell phones we provide to government employees and the number of unused or phones on high cost plans is staggering — that is just the tip of the iceberg. Why should I support more tax money given to bureaucrats who mismanage it?

2. Give the voters a line item list of annual governmental costs, and we will tell the governor where to cut, and it will not be education, as long as the educators can guide the value of education and not the unions.

Politicians scare us with threats of cuts to education, fire, police and the “vulnerable,” but hide or ignore all the wasteful spending. More taxes should not even be considered until we get a chance to vote on individual line items that need to be cut without hurting essential services.

3. Undo the give away on taxes that she gave to the gambling industry on the Indian reservations.

Larry Brickman