It's a puzzle to me why the Dems think it is a formula for success to accept huge donations from the same monied interests and the Republicans, completely sqander all the opportunities to make real changes that would get the popular vote and stay in office for the next hundred years... and then piss and moan to us about how all-powerful the republicans are, and how helpless the dems are before this evil juggernaut.
I concluded a long time ago they don't want to succeed. Since the Nixon era, the job of the Dems has been to let the Republicans spend like drunken sailors (Republican fiscal restraint is another Urban Legend), then the dems come in for 4 or 8 years and impose austirity on the backs of the poor, workers, and the middle class... then turn it back over to the Republicans for more rape and pillage.
it seems to me to expect otherwise from the Dems requires a powerful religious faith. But what a bizarre, fatalistic faith. The evil republicans are all powerful. Bush was able to do so much because he was evil and bad. Obama is powerless because he's virtuous and good. Who wants a religion like that, where the devil is so powerful, and the forces of good so feeble? I sure don't.
I actually don't want any myths or fantasy mixed up in my politics. Dems, stand up for what's right, and we'll keep you around. Do it your way, and you can have it your way - you can be the junior varsity, and management can send you in when the game is so lopsided (win or loose) that it's time for a shake up. Just don't come whining, and lying, to me about how you're playing to win, and you're doing it for me.
...And here's some statistics, at least for one state. The Rethugs ran on job creation (a lie), and now blame Obama for job stagnation (another lie). Budget cuts COST jobs, dammit!
This is a Good Democrat! The Rethugs are looking to redistrict her out. Some of her reports often express the same kind of
disgust with the GOP as I do. In addition to this, the GOP has
tried to eliminate ALL the environmental funds and controls possible. For a tourist destination state, that IS deranged.
The Raleigh Report
Representative Susan Fisher
Buncombe County ~ District 114
7 Maple Ridge Lane
Asheville, NC 28806
susanf@...
From the Office of Representative Susan Fisher
June 2, 2011
The state Senate has passed a damaging budget which appears poised to pass the
House before the end of the week. I have done my best to keep the most harmful
aspects of this budget from going into place, but the majority appears
determined to pursue a course of action resulting in thousands of layoffs, fewer
preschool services, less access to healthcare and less protection for the
environment.
Education
The budget drafted by the legislative majority cuts education over $560 million
more than the governor's proposed budget. While the new budget deletes the
specific reduction to cut teacher assistants, it adds $322 million in cuts to
school systems. This new deeper reduction, along with others that were
unchanged, will result in an estimated loss of 9,300 public school positions.
The loss just to Buncombe County Schools will be $7.4 million and to Asheville
City Schools, $1.1 million.
Statewide, the projected loss of education jobs includes:
Teachers – 3,800
Principals – 90
Assistant Principals – 500
Teachers Assistants – 2,245
Instructional Support Personnel – 765
Central Office Directors – 210
Clerical – 560
Custodian / Other – 1,110
(maybe the kids can volunteer to clean the bathrooms! Bob)
The budget includes drastic cuts to the state's nationally recognized early
childhood programs, resulting in the closing of local partnerships and the
elimination of critical education and health programs for at-risk preschool
children. Workforce training and development will suffer with community colleges
being cut $70 million over and above what the governor recommended and the
university system losing $235 million--in addition to the reductions recommended
by the governor. These cuts will likely lead to the elimination of faculty and
staff positions, the closure of programs, and higher waiting lists for critical
workforce training programs.
Jobs & Economy
The budget would be reduced 10 percent for the state's Regional Economic
Development partnerships, a critical component to the state's job recruitment
and retention infrastructure. Funding for state historic sites, in many cases
the engines for regional economies across the state, would be reduced by 15
percent. Most notable is the major reduction and ultimate elimination of state
funding for Tryon Palace and the Cape Fear Museum.
Health
The proposed budget removes $2 billion from the state's Medicaid program over
the next two years. These cuts will result in the reduction and elimination of
Medicaid services, as well as access to providers. There will be major cuts in
critical Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Disabilities programs
and services.
The budget eliminates the state's Health and Wellness Trust Fund. Grants made
through the trust fund have been widely credited for helping reduce smoking
rates and encourage healthy lifestyles in the state.
Public Safety
Public safety and courts would lose nearly three times more under this proposal
as what the governor suggested. The plan slashes, and in many cases eliminates,
funding for domestic violence, sexual assault and community grants programs. A
cut of 15 percent to the state's Emergency Management infrastructure would
jeopardize the state's (nationally recognized) ability to respond to disasters.
Fiscal Integrity
The budget, if enacted, could endanger the state's Triple-A bond rating. The
document contains unrealistic proposals for budget cuts, appears to be
unbalanced for the biennium, and restricts the governor's constitutional
authority to manage through a budget emergency. There are several problems with
the plan that could leave a shortfall of about $500 million throughout the
biennium.
The proposed budget:
Leaves no money on the bottom line in the second year of the biennium.
Historically, the State has reserved hundreds of millions of dollars across the
biennium to buffer against revenue uncertainty and unforeseen disasters.
Relies on over $750 million in cuts to Medicaid over the biennium. More than
$200 million of these cuts are unachievable due to double counting and
unrealistic forecasts.
Assumes $40 million in unspecified asset sales over the biennium ($15 million
first year). Generally, any asset sale takes at least a year.
Provides no funding in the second year for university enrollment growth.
Thank you for your calls and comments in recent weeks. It is heartening just to
know you are involved and care about the issues. In the meantime, please contact
me if I can be of help.
Keep in touch,
*Please remember that you can listen to each day's session, committee meetings
and press conferences on the General Assembly's website at www.ncleg.net. Once
on the site, select "Audio," and then make your selection – House Chamber,
Senate Chamber, Appropriations Committee Room or Press Conference Room.
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