This is nothing new

To offer a snippet from the article - “The budget gap at 4.0% of estimated general fund spending is not huge, but it is meaningful,” Moody’s analyst Joshua Grundleger noted. “The nearly six-week-long impasse underscores the economic and institutional weaknesses that have led to a persistent structural budget imbalance since 2015.” Fallin urged lawmakers to take the Moody’s comment seriously. “It is worth repeating what Moody’s Investors Service stated in its report: the state of Oklahoma has reduced appropriations by 5.3%, or $387 million, in the past three years,” Fallin said. “The Legislature’s inability to pass a permanent solution to our budget challenge has resulted in Moody’s, one of the nation’s top rating agencies, giving Oklahoma a ‘credit negative’ outlook, which will hurt investment by businesses that are considering to expand in or move to our state.” We continue to have politicians run on reduced taxes while not considering the future. It's time to make this a non-partisan issue and come together as Oklahomans to fix the mess we are in.