In California, there are about a dozen other carbon storage proposals that seek to collectively squirrel away millions of tons of carbon emissions in old oil and gas fields in exchange for government tax credits.

Governors don’t want to squirrel away so much that they’re not investing as much as they could in schools and safety.

Even as a student, he would squirrel away money from part-time jobs and use some of it to lavish his mother and grandmother with clothes.

“This is different,” veteran Virginia political analyst Bob Holsworth said of Youngkin’s spending, noting that governors in their first year usually squirrel away money for the next year’s legislative races.

For others, income may not keep pace with rising costs, leaving them less to squirrel away.