Tea Party Bob and Ron Nate examine Idaho's looming fiscal crisis as state agencies demand 11.9% budget increases totaling a billion dollars more while federal funding drops $400 million. The state faces a fundamental choice: continue protecting bloated agencies or prioritize families through tax cuts and spending restraint. With $1.3 billion in rainy day funds sitting unused and 189 agencies operating in a state constitutionally limited to 23, the discussion exposes how six years of overspending have created unsustainable budgets that collapse at the slightest economic downturn.