If that portion of their costs are going up 4 percent and total revenues are going up 2 percent, then you've got to find other places in the budget to cut. Costs are growing faster than allowable revenues. |
It's been going on for a long enough time that you say it's not just a short-term anomaly. There's something going on here. |
It's one indication that maybe we're not moving ahead as fast as everyone else. |