It is already happening. My small County has about a $135 million budget. The portion that actually goes to basic services like the sheriff, District Attorney, Libraries and internal government is only about $22 million, plus mandates of about $11 million = about $33 million. About $10 million goes to the Road Dept. The rest goes to welfare, CPS, child support, in home support for the aged, public health and mental health services.
This year, we had to cut most library services, the museum, a vital fire station, and sheriff’s office coverage in outlying areas. Year after next our road budget will be half what it is now because the Secure Schools and Communities Act money will lapse.
The point is that our government budget is being consumed by entitlements and services to basically the same bad actors while we can no longer afford basic services to the general public. Ther is something definitely wrong!
You county seems modest...... But in many counties, providing present day services is cut into by paying out bloated pensions to county retirees. This is going on all over California
You omitted pensions.
...”It is already happening. My small County has about a $135 million budget. The portion that actually goes to basic services like the sheriff, District Attorney, Libraries and internal government is only about $22 million, plus mandates of about $11 million = about $33 million. About $10 million goes to the Road Dept. The rest goes to welfare, CPS, child support, in home support for the aged, public health and mental health services.
This year, we had to cut most library services, the museum, a vital fire station, and sheriff’s office coverage in outlying areas. Year after next our road budget will be half what it is now because the Secure Schools and Communities Act money will lapse.
The point is that our government budget is being consumed by entitlements and services to basically the same bad actors while we can no longer afford basic services to the general public. Ther is something definitely wrong!”...
Much of our tax money goes to fund outrageous public pensions. When you have an automatic escalator in place which enables people to eventually receive more from their pension than they did working, you are into a system which cannot be sustained.
In my county, 2/3 of the budget goes to support the schools. The retired teachers and school staff are considered in the general category of retired employees, so the actual percentage of the school budget is actually greater than 2/3.
By the way...In most counties in the U.S., the government schools are the single largest employer with the largest payroll of in the county. No other business, private or public, comes even close. And...Add to that all the vendors and their employees who supply the schools. Hey! Even my dentist and his five employees are very dependent on government school dental insurance that comes into his office.
More is spent on K-12 education in this nation ( federal, local, and state combined) than on the military. And...It is a powerful and well organized voting block.