The price of cuts
Cut government.
That means cuts in infrastructure, meaning roads, bridges, tracks that
That means cuts in infrastructure, meaning roads, bridges, tracks that
transport goods, police and fire protection, parks and recreation, and
above all education.
But those who cry for cuts tend to be older, already having benefited
But those who cry for cuts tend to be older, already having benefited
from the most prosperous time of the Greatest Nation on Earth.
Without good roads and railroads the cost of transporting all the food
Without good roads and railroads the cost of transporting all the food
and goods we buy and use will go up. Without parks and recreation
our quality of life will go down. And without education we become sheep,
answering to corporate or worse yet, political dictators instead of making
informed and well reasoned decisions and operating as a democracy
as established by the founding fathers.
In all of these it is the poor and middle class, those for whom food,
In all of these it is the poor and middle class, those for whom food,
or even options goods, are choices that take budget planing and
conservation to afford. The wealthy and the corporate interests can
afford increases in minor costs and gain power from those who do
not pay attention to current affairs, feel that their voice does not
count and who do not vote. Sheep can be lead with thirty second ads,
five word slogans, false accusation and promises and being given
basic sustenance.
If we cut government, the sheep will be more easily led by those
If we cut government, the sheep will be more easily led by those
with the money and power to buy the government, and the vote.
If we cut education, we are giving up over 230 years of what up
If we cut education, we are giving up over 230 years of what up
until now has been the positive experiment of democracy and
matter paying a bit more ourselves?
government by, for and of the people.
Is it worth the savings of the cuts?
Is it worth not raising taxes on the wealthy, as we have done in
Is it worth the savings of the cuts?
Is it worth not raising taxes on the wealthy, as we have done in
every major crisis and time of need. This time the wealthy do not
appear to have patriotism to give what they can afford and help out.
Why?
Can we really afford to cut government?
Can we afford to slip into second tier status as a nation, and
give up our claim of being the Greatest Nation on Earth?
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Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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