Reply #30: A nice theory, but we'll be broke! [View All]

[Xithras]

Apparently that last part wasn't too clear. The state university and college budgets for THIS YEAR were drawn on the premise that certain funds would be available because of the car tax increase. When Groper rolled back the car taxes, he cut billions from THIS YEARS budget. We need 57 to cover that shortfall.

Even if 57 were to fail, and the Gropenator and Legislature were to agree on new taxes the next day, we'd run out of money before the state had a chance to even collect those new taxes.

I received an email from my union steward about this today which stated that the CSEA wouldn't be able to protect our positions if 57 and 58 were to fail, because there simply wouldn't be enough money left in the schools payroll accounts to pay everybody in April. He was quite blunt about the dire consequences that our students, teachers, and staff would face if 57 failed, and encouraged us to promote it wherever possible. I'm doing that now.

A vote against 58 is a vote against schools!