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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 342718" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>You ladies are exactly right- and MM- I feel sure that's why the laws and policies that are important to me are being put off- to keep controversy down so they all can get re-elected. They formed several commission a few years ago to study the juvenile system- both in regards to juvenile offenders and mental health. These two commissions had knowledgable people and made valid reports with good recommendations that most warrior moms would agree with. These people were paid with tax payers dollars of course. After the first year, they were sent back to study some more and another commission was formed to study the impact on the state resources if the recommendations were to be implemented (mind you, actual implementation was being put off during this period). So now, that year of all those commissions has passed and now they are putting off implementing any of them supposedly due to budget shortfall, and cutting funding to the little that had been there to begin with. But they are spending time and money on more commissions and laws/policies that frankly, are just not on the top of my priority list. The only cuts of funding I saw listed in this stuff pertained to k-12 public education, juvenile reform, mental health, and the homeless. Yet it sure looks like they are wasting a ton of money elsewhere. I call that ...well, sickening. Of course they are all making 6 digit salaries.</p><p></p><p>They will cut 10 jobs of people on a low end of the totem pole to "create" 3 jobs for higher people. But they can't seem to figure out why our economy hoovers- because most can't afford a typical lifestyle anymore and the rich are getting everything while the poor and middle class get poorer. It's all of them. The decent, knowledgable people who have common sense and could run for office and get something done won't bother trying because they can't get elected and would be far out-numbered in there if they tried. Honestly, I'm disappointed in our country these days- I have been for a few years but it seems to be getting worse with time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 342718, member: 3699"] You ladies are exactly right- and MM- I feel sure that's why the laws and policies that are important to me are being put off- to keep controversy down so they all can get re-elected. They formed several commission a few years ago to study the juvenile system- both in regards to juvenile offenders and mental health. These two commissions had knowledgable people and made valid reports with good recommendations that most warrior moms would agree with. These people were paid with tax payers dollars of course. After the first year, they were sent back to study some more and another commission was formed to study the impact on the state resources if the recommendations were to be implemented (mind you, actual implementation was being put off during this period). So now, that year of all those commissions has passed and now they are putting off implementing any of them supposedly due to budget shortfall, and cutting funding to the little that had been there to begin with. But they are spending time and money on more commissions and laws/policies that frankly, are just not on the top of my priority list. The only cuts of funding I saw listed in this stuff pertained to k-12 public education, juvenile reform, mental health, and the homeless. Yet it sure looks like they are wasting a ton of money elsewhere. I call that ...well, sickening. Of course they are all making 6 digit salaries. They will cut 10 jobs of people on a low end of the totem pole to "create" 3 jobs for higher people. But they can't seem to figure out why our economy hoovers- because most can't afford a typical lifestyle anymore and the rich are getting everything while the poor and middle class get poorer. It's all of them. The decent, knowledgable people who have common sense and could run for office and get something done won't bother trying because they can't get elected and would be far out-numbered in there if they tried. Honestly, I'm disappointed in our country these days- I have been for a few years but it seems to be getting worse with time. [/QUOTE]
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