Archive for Budget

South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer, in explaining why he thinks poor families should have their government benefits cut off… Poor families should have their government benefits cut off if they don’t go to PTA meetings.  In explaining why, Bauer says “My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a [...]

According to Robert Gibbs, White House spokesman, we spend $1 million per year to keep 1 soldier on the ground in Afghanistan. According to www.Answer.com, we spend $47,780 per year to keep 1 Kansas senator in the state legislature in Topeka. According to PBS, we spend $35,632 per year to keep 1 inmate in Kansas prisons. [...]

Kansas Governor cuts an additional $39 million from education PLUS withdraws the $155 million budget increase promised to schools! Where does this leave our students? Not only do we have the unfunded AYP mandates put upon schools, but now we have to educate these students with fewer teachers and fewer resources. I’m a little anxious [...]