Deputy Treasurer Howard Rifkin just spoke to the legislative Finance Committee on various revenue schemes, like Keno and “securitizing” future revenue streams. That means borrowing against the future. It’s among the variety of gimmicks the General Assembly is planning to paper over the current $500-million deficit and push off the next biennium’s nearly $4-billion deficit. “…Although some might want to sell the Capitol, I suppose,” Rifkin quipped. “If we have a real plan to sell a major asset, I don’t know.”
