Thursday, May 10, 2007

Are Thayer and Huppenthal behind every stupid idea at the Leg?

This article from the EVT goes into the latest stupid and misguided idea to come from our legislature. So, back to my original question, Are Thayer and Huppenthal behind every stupid idea at the Leg? Of course not, Russell Pierce and others come up with their fair share, but there does seem to be a nexus of idiocy between Thayer and Huppenthal. My all time favorite was when Huppenthal wanted to cut state-shared revenue to cities for some stupid reason and had to withdraw his bill when he discovered that his constituents would be the hardest hit (John your constituents live in Chandler and Phoenix).

Now they have decided to cut funding for technical education because they think it constitutes an "additional tax". Even Russell Pierce is against the cut... Note to John and Thayer, if you want our state to be competitive economically we need trained workers. I know you would like the market to provide all these things, but it doesn't. Furthermore, there are people that do not want to go to college and still want to make a decent living. Given the overall cost/benefit of these kinds of programs, I am biased towards more and easier educational opportunities. People pushed to the margin of our economy have less at stake. Lets give everyone an opportunity to claim their own piece of the pie... Education is a good way to do that...

1 comment:

Craig said...

Jack Harper comes up with his share. So does Karen Johnson (though she's not in the same league as Verschoor, Huppenthal, Pearce, and Harper).