Every line item in the state budget is important to somebody, making it impossible to cut spending without some objection.

Gov. Paul LePage’s package of changes to balance the current budget, which runs through June, has about $25 million in cuts, including some that will draw criticism from the people involved. But it also has at least one cut that would affect a lot of people who don’t know it and can’t object.

Those are the people of rural Maine who may not get adequate access to a physician’s care in 2020 or beyond because shortsighted lawmakers tried to save some money by cutting a medical school scholarship program in 2011.

Like a lot of things the government does, this one started with good intentions.

increasing the percentage of alcohol in gasoline sold to consumers, the Environmental Protection Agency hopes to reduce air pollution. Also, increasing the use of an alternative fuel derived domestically from plants would reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.