As long as there is no set government budget, it is likely that my father (internal revenue officer) will not be going to work on Monday and even more likely that he will not be getting paid. My mother has been working for about one month after being unemployed for over two years. All of this comes of course at a time when my parents are preparing to send me to college and my sister the year following.
We are only one family. I am certain there are more facing way more difficult challenges. The future of America is not looking so bright, but before we make the issue national we have to take a look at what’s going on at the state level. I live in Ohio and I’m sure we are not the only state facing budget cuts. Our brilliant governor, John Kasich, has decided that our public schools should take the hardest hit. I attend THE most diverse high school in all of Ohio. Princeton High School. No race/ethnicity holds the majority of our school’s population. Because of our size and diversity, we spend above the average amount of money per pupil. Why? Because we had the money to spend.
In 2004, a process to reduce the amount of funding our school received went into affect. We lost the Tangible Personal Property tax (TPP). Princeton is made up of eight or nine different communities. In these communities are several big businesses. (Avon, Ford, G.E.) We received tax dollars from the business and now we will no longer be receiving them. This was supposed to be a gradual decline over several years, however Kasich has required that our school cut 12 million dollars from our budget for next year. As a result, many of our staff has been RIFed.
AMERICA, OHIO: we would not be in this position if people did not vote on impulse! Nothing is more frustrating/scary than a misinformed/ill-informed voter. GET EDUCATED!
