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bns · 10-02-2007

Reminds me of this thing they did in TN. There was a budget crunch. What did they start cutting? Education. They kept right on doing road construction, but all of a sudden they couldn't afford to pay the teachers. Why? Because they wanted to raise taxes, and they knew they could get the people to go for it if it was "for the children." Dirty politics. That's what this sounds like.

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bns Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,648	Re: S-CHIP to be paid for by regressive tax that targets poor Reminds me of this thing they did in TN. There was a budget crunch. What did they start cutting? Education. They kept right on doing road construction, but all of a sudden they couldn't afford to pay the teachers. Why? Because they wanted to raise taxes, and they knew they could get the people to go for it if it was "for the children." Dirty politics. That's what this sounds like.
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