And the Truth will set Us Free

After I began  reading the blog entry Your money now belongs to the state, but don't worry - it's not a tax posted on march, 21 in Harold Crooks blog Letters from Texas i realized the state politicians are very shady in how they get tax money, and how they use the money they manage to get from us. Cooks clearly lets the reader know what a tax revenue is and where it is, and that is real good for someone like me who has no or little interest in politics. He also talks about the way that this tax revenue isn't included when the budget writers are coming up with our budget.
        I adore the way Cooks said how the government tries to say that the things that they make us give them aren't taxes when in reality they are. He says they were once ours but now they're the governments, and they say there not taxes. Cook points out taxes the citizens don't even notice anymore, for instance the ones in our utility bills and the ones in our phone bills. This money accumulates over the years because like the author has mentioned very little or none of it has been spent, so instead of taking away teachers, librarians, counslers they should use that money to compensate for the a little of the shortfall we are facing today. Lastly he ends his entry in a way that gets the readers mind going. He states that the investigation that should be done cant be done because it takes money, he also says that they should lay out  a plan and that would be a good solution to like Cook said get us back on track financially speaking.

More school budget cuts

The article in the statesman,  No magic hat for Austin schools' budget woes it states a sad but true reality for the students in the Austin school districts, a reality that will force teachers to teach classrooms that over stuffed, because of the 350 faculty staff cut and a third of librarians. this leaves children not getting the attention they require because the classrooms will be crammed. A district-appointed task force has also suggested that the shutting down as many as nine schools, and once again this leads to the fact this will create a crammed learning environment for the students to learn and the teachers to teach in.
           The author of this article states that the schools that are at risk of being shut down are the schools that deal with minority children. These schools that face the risk of being shut down has an affect on the students, because this will make it harder for them to attend school, because they will have to change schools. They will attend schools and be put in classrooms that are to full, and they wont be able to get the help they need from teaches because of the classroom size. Ultimately it all leads back to what the children of today have to deal with because the legislature has done a poor job with the state budget. We as a state wouldn't be facing this crisis of layoffs and faculty cuts and the ones that pay the price of others poor judgment are the children. If this article caught your eye and you are interested in our children future this article can be found in Austin American Statesman.