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Budget woes lead Alabama to begin halting jury trials
AP via Boston Globe ^
| April 28, 2002
| Phillip Rawls
Posted on 04/28/2002 3:24:39 AM PDT by sarcasm
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:43 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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ONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Constitution guarantees the right to trial by jury, but that isn't stopping Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore from halting jury trials beginning tomorrow to save money.
Moore, known for his fights to post the Ten Commandments in public buildings, is now sparring with the governor and Legislature over funding for the courts.
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:24:39 AM PDT
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sarcasm
To: blam
?
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:26:51 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
We can't afford jury trials but yet we can pump billions of dollars into the welfare system to feed, clothe, educate, and medicate illegal aliens. Do you see something wrong with the system?
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:55:48 AM PDT
by
Brownie74
To: Brownie74
I spend a lot of time checking out papers all over the country. From what I have seen, almost every state is in tremendous financial trouble. We're going to see massive tax increases after the November elections. For some reason this has been ignored around here. Watch your wallet.
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:01:07 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
We're going to see massive tax increases after the November elections. That wouldn't suprise me at all. When are Americans going to stand up and say "enough is enough" and have a good old fashioned Boston Tea Party?
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:09:18 AM PDT
by
Brownie74
To: Brownie74
The welfare states chickens have come home to roost.
The marxist parasites have succeeded in bankrupting
the nation way ahead of all proposed schedules.
Whoops!
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:10:57 AM PDT
by
XLurk
To: Brownie74
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:18:45 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: XLurk;sarcasm
The welfare states chickens have come home to roost. It's not just the welfare state, it is anything and everything. But the welfare system is the first item on the agenda that should be axed.
People are to busy staying home watching The Simpsons and King Of The Hill to be bothered with a little thing like taxes. SHeeple!!
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:32:51 AM PDT
by
Brownie74
To: Brownie74
Now, now - if we didn't have food stamps and other welfare programs the goat industry would be in crisis.
9
posted on
04/28/2002 4:50:03 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
Sell the state car pool.
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:53:12 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: sarcasm
"That's when Alabama's judges, already among the highest paid in the nation, get a pay raise." One of the poorest states in the union has the highest paid judges...and they act like a class unto-themselves.
Not to worry though, It looks like I'm coming to the rescue.
The state just sent me a notice indicating that I owe them $3,000.00 for 1996 and want to look at all the subsequent years too. (wonderful)
Maybe I'll just move back to Texas. (no state income taxes)
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posted on
04/28/2002 7:41:55 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Alas Babylon,Southack
FYI. (people that warrant a refund on their state taxes are having to wait, no money to refund.)
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posted on
04/28/2002 7:46:23 AM PDT
by
blam
To: sarcasm
"Sheriffs are worried about jails, many already crowded with defendants who can't go to trial"
I can think of a radical solution!
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posted on
04/28/2002 7:49:36 AM PDT
by
verity
To: blam
From each according to his ability....
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posted on
04/28/2002 7:49:40 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
It is already starting in California. A proposed Two cents per mile on each vehicle, fifty cents a gallon tax on fuel, and $3,500 "fee" on SUV's.
Increase in water fees, sewage fees locally.
$368,000,000 million tax on sugar drinks-heard this one is temporarily tabled.They were going to set up clinics-more freebee's for mexicans.
Enjoy your slavery.
To: Brownie74
Boston Tea Party. Not a good idea but necessary.
To: HENRYADAMS
What is really breaking state budgets is the phenomenal growth in Medicaid. Get ready for more calls for nationalized health care.
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posted on
04/28/2002 8:07:57 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
IIRC, some school districts in Alabama recently dropped football from their athletics programs. That would be like Indiana schools dropping basketball, Texas schools dropping football, or North Carolina out-lawing NASCAR. That's what will communicate to most Joe-Six-Packs that Alabama is REALLY in deep financial trouble!
To: sarcasm
I spend a lot of time checking out papers all over the country. From what I have seen, almost every state is in tremendous financial trouble. We're going to see massive tax increases after the November elections. For some reason this has been ignored around here. Watch your wallet. 4 posted on 4/28/02 4:01 AM Pacific by sarcasm
Yikes! Hope your wrong, but I know your 100% right!!
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posted on
04/28/2002 9:30:25 AM PDT
by
timestax
To: sarcasm
This is a tactic that the bureaucrats in government always use when they want to get a tax hike. In Massachusetts, they usually cut the police or fire departments. Of course, the millions of people collecting welfare checks and food stamps are never affected. Instead, those out-of-work layabouts are usually bused to the State House to protest all these cuts in "vital" government services.
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