Original sentence: Some have criticized Hunt for over-spending during the economic boom of the late 1990s, which contributed to severe budget shortfalls in the early 2000s
Edited sentence: As of late 2005, the aftermath is still being felt by state citizens in the form of Easley's "temporary" sales-tax increase being extended and gasoline taxes raised.During the late 1990s, Hunt as governor created numerous new social programs without any consideration for their long-term fiscal sustainability as the inevitable ups and downs of the economy would come, which contributed to severe budget shortfalls in the early 2000s.He bequeathed to his protege and successor Mike Easley a nearly-impossible state budget situation, leading to Easley "raiding" funds designated to localities statewide to keep the state budget itself solvent.That, along with new taxes Easley pushed through, led to sharply higher taxes for state residents