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Masquerading as prudence Despite John Hoodâs efforts to sound moderate, his Easter column mostly pushed a very conservative agenda (âThe state has too much debt already,â April 4). Hood outlines our stateâs large one-time surplus, then argues that very little of it should actually go to meet current public needs. Hood recommends tactics that masquerade as prudence: Namely, reclassify the surplus as âreservesâ for some real or imagined need in the future, thus putting the funds out of bounds for current needs. For example, earmark surpluses as ârainy dayâÂ...