First thing to do would be to cut every NY State employees wage rate by 20%. The second thing to do would be to eliminate all unfunded mandates that the state imposes on localities. The third thing to do is make it the law that state reimbursements for Medicare and other health programs would match the rates for the 5 largest states excluding NY. The fourth thing to do is to eliminate all the off budget borrowing authorities that have grown up over the last 60 plus years. Ever since Robert Moses discovered the scheme the balanced budget in NY has been a joke. The fifth thing to do is divide the state budget into three categories. First is public safety State police, prisons and the National Guard, Homeland Security and the State Universities. Those should stay at current levels except for a shift from Liberal Arts to Engineering and Hard science in the State schools. All state diplomas should come with a 2 year teaching commitment, additional years waived for Masters tied to Bachelors. The Second category would be real physical infrastructure, bricks mortar and concrete for roads, rails and bridges. That should increase 10% but with a tie in to vastly expanded training programs and a 20% cut from prevailing union wages, also a rewriting of work rules. Finally comes the social welfare agencies. They should be cut by 10% per year for the next 5 years. All in house EEO and HR departments should be consolidated and then replaced with outside contracted services.