“I will not allow this budget to be another scene from ‘Groundhog Day,’ where I come to you year-after-year hat-in-hand lamenting the fact that we still haven’t addressed our structural deficits,” Lamont said. “The fiscal crisis before us is not just a short-term hole in the budget. We are digging that hole deeper by $400-$500 million annually, due to fixed costs such as pensions, state employee healthcare and bonded debt — all growing faster than our economy. Most of these fixed costs pay for the past rather than investing in our future.”