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How to Balance a State Budget
Mar. 9th, 2011 08:36 pmLike most states, our state is finding that it's bringing in a lot less money that it is accustomed to spending. Guess which of the following plans is looking good to my state's current batch of legislators:
a) raise taxes
b) cut spending
c) use the rainy day fund
d) raise fees
e) legalize some crimes
f) rescind the balanced-budget law
( Do you have your guess ready? )
In related news, there are plans to cut funding to universities and also to freeze tuition. Apparently we're to start selling cupcakes. UT is already selling bottled water.
Quote of the Day - "The locusts aren't going to go away; they're going to drown in the blood plague."
Other Quote of the Day - "HB 1460 will raise your blood pressure by 15 millimeters systolic and diastolic." (It says, for example, that students must take at least 10% of their courses in non-traditional ways such as in summer school or online, which will magically be cheaper than the usual ways. It also says students must have an approved degree plan during the first semester after they earn 30 hours or else they won't be allowed to register for the next semester. And once they do register, they will not be allowed to register for anything that is not on their degree plan.)
Blog Entry of the Day - Wise Bread's "Disguise Your Stuff to Prevent Car Break-ins" - "... pickups and hatchbacks are unique because without a trunk, nearly all the contents are visible from the outside, and this creates a veritable display case for would-be thieves." At least go there and scroll down and look at the picture that's worth a thousand words.
I have a trunk now (for the first time ever), but if I didn't, I would be trying something like this. There's still the problem that most (all?) materials break down in the extreme heat cars around here build up inside. Plastic gets brittle and breaks. Cardboard is okay, but the glue holding boxes together disintegrates.
a) raise taxes
b) cut spending
c) use the rainy day fund
d) raise fees
e) legalize some crimes
f) rescind the balanced-budget law
( Do you have your guess ready? )
In related news, there are plans to cut funding to universities and also to freeze tuition. Apparently we're to start selling cupcakes. UT is already selling bottled water.
Quote of the Day - "The locusts aren't going to go away; they're going to drown in the blood plague."
Other Quote of the Day - "HB 1460 will raise your blood pressure by 15 millimeters systolic and diastolic." (It says, for example, that students must take at least 10% of their courses in non-traditional ways such as in summer school or online, which will magically be cheaper than the usual ways. It also says students must have an approved degree plan during the first semester after they earn 30 hours or else they won't be allowed to register for the next semester. And once they do register, they will not be allowed to register for anything that is not on their degree plan.)
Blog Entry of the Day - Wise Bread's "Disguise Your Stuff to Prevent Car Break-ins" - "... pickups and hatchbacks are unique because without a trunk, nearly all the contents are visible from the outside, and this creates a veritable display case for would-be thieves." At least go there and scroll down and look at the picture that's worth a thousand words.
I have a trunk now (for the first time ever), but if I didn't, I would be trying something like this. There's still the problem that most (all?) materials break down in the extreme heat cars around here build up inside. Plastic gets brittle and breaks. Cardboard is okay, but the glue holding boxes together disintegrates.