As main stream media sites begin to inform the Texas citizens about the states budget crisis and the big changes that the legislative session presents to Texas, we will soon have a circus on our hands. Just think of the Texas Capitol like a giant tent with the ring leader, Rick Perry and his followers juggling the Texas revenue in hopes for a standing ovation!
In the blog “Mini Texas Round up” by Karl-Thomas Musselman he/she addresses the major issues that Texas faces. Musselman nails it right on the head when he/she states “The only question left is how bad does it have to get before we have that discussion?”
Honestly, I could not agree more with the blog written by Musselman. We have a Texas size problem on our hands and there is no way all these circus animals are going to fix these issues with their attempt at “magic.” The citizens of Texas need answer, we need to logistically see who, what, where and why these choices are being made. For example: How will terminating 100 + jobs in the Texas Education Association fix our budget crisis? You can read more about those state job cuts here TEA Lay offs . Now all of those state employees do not have jobs, so they will be required to file for unemployment, which will be pulled from our taxes, which will reflect on foreclosures, etc.. Everything comes full circle and by cutting jobs versus finding a more positive solution like cutting dollar amounts else where or asking higher paid officials if they would take a cut for 3 months off their million dollar salaries would save us dollar by dollar this chaos that our legislatures have started.
As Musselman states in his/her blog “We have a revenue problem. It would be great if one party would start saying that.” You are preaching to the choir and although many people are turning their heads on this issue, there are others who follow these types of issues daily and with fear we wait and watch as our circus turns more into a freak show.
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