Typical Reuters fake "reporting." Cut/eliminate the bureaucrats, not teachers and police. AND CUT THE TAXES! These states are all at Point B on the Laffer Curve.
Typical Reuters fake "reporting." Cut/eliminate the bureaucrats, not teachers and police. AND CUT THE TAXES! These states are all at Point B on the Laffer Curve.
Chart is correct, except that the Equilibrium point is well below the 50% tax rate.
That is the first thing that should be cut!
Give every family and business a tax credit for any money donated to **private** education tuition. Then over the next 10 years gradually demand that parents pay the full cost of educating their own children.
At least 60% of our property tax goes to support government Marxist indoctrination ( mis-named “public schools”). Then there are the state and federal taxes that go to these Marxist government indoctrination centers as well.
Also...In my state government Marxist indoctrination accounting practices would make an Enron accountant blush! For instance, the government Marxist indoctrination centers use many county services that never appear in the school budget. And...In my state, retired teachers are considered merely “retired state workers” and their retirement expenses are **never** shown as a school indoctrination expense.
By the way, our county just build a 70 MILLION dollar Marxist indoctrination center! It is the most expensive Marxist indoctrination center ever built in the history of the state!
The left cuts meat to save fat.
There....you hit the nail on the head. Everything we hear from the politicians/media is all a mind-game to program us into thinking that the situation is so dire we should be grateful to let them raise taxes. If they were really serious they'd lay off one guy making $250k a year instead of two guys making $30k. Why do you need 3 people making $175k a year doing practically the same job?
Oh, and don't get me started on the lottery fiasco. That was suppose to solve all of fiscal woes for funding education, roads, emergency personnel, etc. But what do they do with it but stick it in the general fund to be re-allocated to their other pet projects, like building stadiums which the state has NO business dealing in.
Right now, all the states know their bridges, both big and small, will need repairs very soon. They need to start now to set aside lottery money so they can start repairs.
Make your reps learn how to budget. Hire people who know how to budget instead of all lawyers who make the laws, interpret the laws, and change them when they need it to do what they want.
(jumping off my soapbox)
