that is exactly my point. We do have a capital budget. It is the whole budget that is in jeopardy in our State. Higher education is in difficulty, many times because of our capital expenditures, which are stopped at the moment. They are gone. So do not tell me that a capital budget is the epitome of success budgeting. It does not work that way.
Discussing the challenges of the state budget and its impact on higher education.
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