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Excdlldng, Ocarol500 - why don't we all write to our Congressmen and women and propose just one bona fide cut to our national spending spree. If each of us offered only one suggestion, and then hammered Congress to actually consider it, I'll bet we could cut the government by a good bunch.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel complained today about $8.5 million in cuts for classroom teachers in Wisconsin if the sequester goes through. The Fort Worth Star Telegram was more worthy, saying that the $67.8 million Texas will lose in education funding is doable for the state.
“That's a lot of money,” says Star-Telegram.com, “but the state is scheduled to receive $4.9 billion in federal funds this year, part of a total school spending plan that tops $40 billion when local funds are included. What the White House is talking about is taking away less than a 10th of a...
Sometimes I think it's the staffers that we should be electing now that we know that most members of congress don't even read the legislation that they purportedly write.
It's all written by staffers...