Today starts the first day of the 2nd session of the 49th Arizona Legislature. Ninety elected representatives from around our state will meet in Phoenix and take up the hard task of balancing the budget.
Again.
Arizona faces one of the worst budget deficits in the nation. Our elected officials have grappled with what to do for well over a year now. They speak in simple and vague phrases (e.g. we need to cut spending and lower taxes) but rarely offer real solutions.
Arizona Speaker of the House Kirk Adams unveiled his plan recently. He believes our path should include [surprise!] reduced spending, lower taxes for businesses and individuals, and debt financing. He calls his legislative plan the Arizona Economic and Job Recovery bill.
Pretty words.
What he is really saying, though, is we need to destroy the state in order to save the state. His “reduced spending” means that teachers, firefighters, policemen and all manner of other people who provide basic, necessary services to the citizens of Arizona will lose their jobs. The money we "save" will then go toward tax reductions for businesses to (maybe) create new jobs.
Destroy jobs to create jobs.
Fewer teachers, more fast food.
Is that the Arizona we want?
Again.
Arizona faces one of the worst budget deficits in the nation. Our elected officials have grappled with what to do for well over a year now. They speak in simple and vague phrases (e.g. we need to cut spending and lower taxes) but rarely offer real solutions.
Arizona Speaker of the House Kirk Adams unveiled his plan recently. He believes our path should include [surprise!] reduced spending, lower taxes for businesses and individuals, and debt financing. He calls his legislative plan the Arizona Economic and Job Recovery bill.
Pretty words.
What he is really saying, though, is we need to destroy the state in order to save the state. His “reduced spending” means that teachers, firefighters, policemen and all manner of other people who provide basic, necessary services to the citizens of Arizona will lose their jobs. The money we "save" will then go toward tax reductions for businesses to (maybe) create new jobs.
Destroy jobs to create jobs.
Fewer teachers, more fast food.
Is that the Arizona we want?
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