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Letter: Cuts will cost more in long run
John Solow
Apr. 24, 2017 1:00 am
False savings: an action that saves money in the short run, but leads to greater costs or lost income in the long run.
Example: The Iowa Legislature saving $700,000 per year by cutting off funding for the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the University of Iowa, an organization that brought in $21 million in grants from outside Iowa last year.
See also: penny wise, pound-foolish; unintended consequences; bad idea.
John Solow
Iowa City
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