Posted on 01/10/2008 12:41:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge
What a guy. You remember the one everyone voted for because he can win.
The problem is that the little cadres of bureaucrats have the power to decide who to fire and where the savings will come from. They will not let themselves be fired. They will accelerate retirements to get the high-salary tenured teachers out, then not replace them, and they will increase the ratio of students to teachers so more students will be in each class. They will buy fewer textbooks. They will turn off the heaters and air conditioners to the classrooms. They will eliminate custodians and librarians. They will close schools and bus students across town. But you can be certain that the top levels of administration at school districts will be unchanged. Quite possibly, they will hire additional high-level administrators to be in charge of implementing budget cuts.
Those are great ideas. Well done. I bet you don’t want to run for governor, though.
You are right. Cutting spending is the most practical move, but the unemployed “workers” will draw unemployment at least for the short term. We have to cut spending by 25% or more within the next year, or we will have to declare bankruptcy (this is a mere guess, though).
now you suggest selling them to the rich and famous in California?...thanks alot......
cut the teachers benefits...cut the "correction" officiers benefits......cut where there is the most waste....not parks that are the one type of state entity that serves ALL....
And Arnold hasn’t even implemented his revenue destroying global warming agenda. Time to put Tom McClintock in charge of the budget.
$14 bill deficit, $10 bill in services to illegals.
I've never understood "closing" a state park during a budget crunch. How about leaving it open yet unmanned?
I was thinking of privately-held parks such as Meteor Crater in Arizona. The revenues would go to the landowner to defray maintenance costs and they would not have to pay property taxes as long as the land was open to the public. I’m just trying to think creatively.
You are right (and I posted “too soon” earlier, for only your first few suggestions were to raise more revenue, whereas the rest were cuts).
:) Thanks FRiend.
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