Because if you cannot compete for the people, how do you expect to bring them on board?
The District's progress since the 1990s has been something Senator Akaka and I have followed close while serving on this Subcommittee.
And, of course, you have had to estimate what you think the revenues are going to be for the District.
So that the hit you are taking in terms of your revenues would be probably the sales tax?
So the point is that you are going to try to take that within the operation of the city, and you are not going to touch the rainy-day fund, ...
It would be like in the State government we would call it our 'rainy-day fund?'
You are looking now at 2010.
The procurement people, are they under your jurisdiction?
Medicaid is the Pac-Man of any budget?
So the point is that for 2010 you are estimating a flat budget.
And that basically is for the public's understanding, that is the portion of the budget that is being used to amortize the bonds that the ci...