Hmm…

BOSTON — Governor Patrick says the state faces a potential budget deficit of one billion dollars in the next fiscal year.

The state’s new chief executive says the Romney administration misrepresented the financial situation with “all sorts of patches and plugs.

That’s a pretty serious charge leveled against Romney, but for a Governor talking about budget deficits at the beginning of a new term in office Mr. Patrick doesn’t seem all that worried about the state’s spending:

With Deval Patrick now in the corner office on Beacon Hill, officials and community leaders south of Boston are applauding his decision to restore budget cuts made by former governor Mitt Romney.

The restored cuts statewide amount to $383.6 million. While it is difficult to estimate how much of that money was destined for south of Boston, the funds clearly benefit dozens of projects here and help thousands of people.

So Deval reverses Romney’s budget cuts aimed at reducing the state’s budget deficit, and then turns around and blames Romney for the deficit problem the state faces.

Typical Democrat.

(via Greg Mankiw)