Citizen Staff Writer
Our Opinion
When the University of Arizona is ordered to spend $57 million less, the cut resonates throughout the Tucson area.
The elimination of 600 jobs – 400 of which already are vacant – means the state will have at least $2.6 million less income tax revenue.
And every $1 spent by UA and its employees generates an impact of at least $6.70, according to economists.
That means less money will be spent at local restaurants and less spent for purchases of all kinds as employees hunker down and cut back and former employees take lower-paying jobs or leave town in search of work.
UA is the institution that will take the cuts, but we’ll all absorb the impact.