Gov. Jay Nixon withheld $400 million from the state budget, $10 million of which would have expanded enrollment in the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Because of his actions, students on the waiting list were denied a spot in the school.
Meanwhile, Gov. Nixon spent $5.6 million on a new airplane when state audits show other state aircraft weren't being used. Since its purchase, he's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars flying it around the state, hiding the cost by taking it out of the budgets of other state departments instead of the budget for his office.
If Missouri's fiscal situation requires withholding money that results in aspiring doctors not going to med school, then it should require Gov. Nixon to sacrifice as well.
He should sell his new plane on eBay and return the money to the state.
