Basic services remain budget victims

Some of you have asked why I voted no on Prop 1 (to fund Metro Transit and roads).

Some of you have asked why I voted no on Prop 1 (to fund Metro Transit and roads).

I have many reasons. One is: why is it when cutting the budget, only services that benefit people get cut?

Education. School lunches. Art. Mental health. Children services. Parks. Music in school. Transit. Work program. Child care. 911 services. Ambulances. Police and fire.

You get the idea.

Every state I have lived in cut these programs first.

Is it that we, as humans care about humans, will pay to see these services not be cut?

Do our elected officials know our weakness and take advantage of our compassions? And target these programs?

And when the economy picks up, the taxes will stay. No sunset on these babies.

And still Boeing and Microsoft get a free ride.

Does this seem fair to you?

– Jodi Riker


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