Reason #4 to Vote No on Question 1

[asterroc]

I'm pissed at Gov. Deval Patrick's speech tonight in which he said that "no cuts would be made to education." [source] If that's really what he said (I didn't see a full text of his speech nor watch it), he's a lying sack of shit because every last institution of public higher education in the state is receiving cuts of around 5%. And if you think that's bad, the Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program is receiving a cut of 12% and Family Health Services by 23%. Suicide Prevention! Explain to me how that is "limit[ing] the impact on the state's most vulnerable citizens"?!?!

But my point.

The state is already facing severe budget cuts even without losing 37% of the state's revenue by removing the income tax. Vote no.

Comments

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

hey, i've got an idea

why don't we cut over-inflated salaries and stop overpaying on contract work via nepotism

[demigoth.livejournal.com]

Are you crazy? Half the federal government would go *POOF*!!

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

Is he a republican? Because if he is then "most vulnerable citizens" is code for "fetuses". Oh, and "education" means "vouchers for religious and home school programs", or just possibly elementary and high schools, but never colleges and universities.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Patrick is a Democrat. He is also an empty suit.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

*everyone in GEO is crazy. some good, some bad.

It's so strange where I'm at now by comparison, every last full-time faculty and professional staff is a member of the union. Our adjuncts are probably more like the GEO since they've got a lot of agency fees payers. And the officers are perfectly reasonable people - this afternoon I was chatting with the president of our chapter, and we talked for five minutes about something where it was very clear she had her union hat on, and then she very clearly took the hat off and gave me her own personal opinion on the subject which had a few key differences.

Are you going to be unionized at your upcoming postdoc?

[caprising.livejournal.com]

Hmph. Cutting back on suicide prevention. Next thing you know they'll be researching those machines that you can send back in time to kill the mothers, just to avoid the mother having an abortion.