Darren at Right on the Left Coast responds to a frustrated teachers comment:”More cuts? When will this end?” His response…
Well, Teacher X, it will end when you quit voting for the Democrats who keep running this state down the economic drain. It will end when you stop supporting a political party that chases businesses and jobs out of the state. It will end when you stop killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. It will end when you quit voting to take from the productive and give to the unproductive out of some misplaced and misguided sense of “fairness”.
Darren also has an update on where the budget cuts will fall…
Brown says that, now that the “real” numbers are out, he’s going to have to present a revised budget featuring more of the dread “draconian cuts.” He promises that cuts will fall heavily on public education spending, prisons, state parks, and other areas that the average person considers to be basic functions of state government. Meanwhile, it will be full speed ahead on high speed rail, the Air Resources Board, the DREAM Act, six-figure pensions to 55-year olds, and welfare benefits and “free” health care to illegal aliens.
Reminds me, on a much smaller scale, how the City of Boulder always hits the public library budget first.
The city government hates being reminded that it…wait for it…runs a city! I remember when it was announced they wanted voters to approve a compensatory tax to replace the franchise fee they used to charge Xcel. They said a bunch of things would have to get cut if the voters didn't approve, like road maintenance, police, fire, hours at the library, etc., but oh, no cuts to our open space program, or the program for managing prairie dogs… It made me want to scream.
I think the city honestly thinks it's a park service for a place where a bunch of people happen to live.
So, Teacher X, it's not going to end any time soon. But I'll bet I know how you're still going to vote this November, all the while wondering why we're in this mess.
I know someone in town like this. She's complained about the taxes and fees being raised on her (she owns two houses in town), even complaining about “big government.” Yet she continues to vote for the people who have been raising them on her, saying, “I like their environmental policies.” I guess when it comes down to it, she doesn't mind the increased taxes that much.
It's the guilty conscience of the Boulder collective. All the SUV driving soccer Mom's (to stereotype) feel guilty regarding their lifestyle. The salvation from their guilt is taxes.