budget cuts

WHAT IN THE WORLD! was my first reaction to this quote i read on a website i came upon today..

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget for 2008–09 has sent shock waves through the education community. He has recommended a $4.8 billion cut for K-14 education, on top of a $400 million reduction for education in the current year. The net effect is about $750 less per student than K-12 education would normally receive or about $18,750 per classroom."

-http://www.californiaschoolfinance.org/tabid/182/Default.aspx


UM OK. so what happen to his statement that he made in 2005

"Now, let’s talk about the red ink. As you know, when I ran for governor, the state of California was getting deeper and deeper into debt. So when the people sent me to Sacramento I told them that I will go right to work, and I will clean up the mess in our state. Last year we stopped the bleeding. This year we will heal the patient. So I have declared the year 2005 the year for reform in California. We’re going to take action and overhaul the political, educational and financial institutions in our state. "

http://gov.ca.gov/speech/2274/


We were suppose to be out of debt a long time ago, why are we paying for it still today? Why is he taking funds away from education if anything we NEED the money to go towards education these are the kids of tomorrow they may have innovative ideas to bring america up. you never know! By overhauling the educational institutions in our state why must great teachers get fired, and why do students have to pay for the miscalculations of a few big white business men because i know Arnold wasnt the only person responsible. How are children going to better themselves and take advantage of there freedom of speech if they're not givin every resource available to them to get knowledgable. This makes absolutly no sense. Take money from the rich why dont cha! what do the kids of the less fortunate have to do with this. how do you explain to little daveon that mommy cant afford a computer for the house because the government is taking more then last year and daveons school doesnt have computers so how is he to do research for his project? walk in the streets of compton to the library overlooking his shoulder to see if he is going to get robbed? its ridiculous!