State Budget Cuts

**1inStripes** · February 19th, 2010, 01:41 PM

Yeah its still not official.

**imported_elp6n** · February 19th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Granted something has to be cut - the budget just wont work without cuts. But this certainly wont pass as-is. Municipalities all over the state are turning against him already.

Sure looks like he started his cuts at the bottom and worked his way up.
Completely eliminating free breakfast for underprivileged kids? That's pretty low.
I can't open up a news site these days without seeing an article written about how kids on free/reduced lunches are going without food during these snow days because they rely on free breakfast/lunch program. (So let's just take away their breakfasts completely - that makes a lot of sense, right?)

The jobs governor is only worried about the jobs of the higher ups - which is where cuts should have started.

There's a significant amount of waste in the VA budget in many areas (from pork spending to medicaid abuse) - always has been. Guess it's easier to cut the neediest than to work on reducing all that waste.

**sup-rbeast** · February 19th, 2010, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by imported_elp6n

The jobs governor is only worried about the jobs of the higher ups - which is where cuts should have started.

Exactly...he wants to cater to his cronies. But the sad thing is, the people he cares about least are the same folks who put him in office. Statistics show that amongst whites the poorer a person is, the more likely they are to vote for the GOP. That party relies on those votes in National elections too. IMO, it's sad that folks can be so ignorant as to allow it to happen time after time after time. You would think that after Dubya folks would have wised up. But, for the time being, VA has a governor cut from the same mold. It's no wonder the GOP cuts funds for education every chance they get...the ignorant and the drop outs are their future votes.

**1inStripes** · February 19th, 2010, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by imported_elp6n

Granted something has to be cut - the budget just wont work without cuts. But this certainly wont pass as-is. Municipalities all over the state are turning against him already.

There's a significant amount of waste in the VA budget in many areas (from pork spending to medicaid abuse) - always has been. Guess it's easier to cut the neediest than to work on reducing all that waste.

Theres a big key to me. I would be very happy to see pork spending reduced and medicaid issues tightened up.

**pvfan** · February 20th, 2010, 12:54 AM

Jim Gilmore crippled the GOP in this state, Bob McDonnell will kill it. When this guy leaves office it will be 3-4 terms before we see another Republican Governor.

**Deano68** · February 20th, 2010, 10:18 AM

And Tim Kaine was sooooooooooooooo efficient. You are dumber than s h i t anymore!!!!!!!!

**red66** · February 20th, 2010, 10:19 AM

He's been in office for barely a month. Give him some time before you try to burn him at the stake.

I find it funny that last year when most conservatives tried to say Obama isn't doing anything he said he was going to do etc, etc, etc all the liberals jumped in and said he has only been in office for less than a year, you can't do anything in that amount of time, Bush screwed it all up, etc, etc etc. Now the liberals are saying the same thing about McDonnell and he has been in office for less than a month.

Politics is just a matter of which shoe fits on which day. Any side will do anything to make his or her side sound good. You can't blame any of this stuff on one person. Whether it be Bush, Obama, Kaine, McDonnell, Congress, Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. I blame it on partisan politics and each side trying to do everything they can to further support their agendas. By doing this each side is only bringing the country down further, but it will never stop.

**retiredteach** · February 20th, 2010, 11:43 AM

Probably one of the most intelligent posts I have read on here in a while. Granted, I do not agree with cutting some of those programs, especially the breakfast ones. Many parents are just to sorry to get up and get their kids off to school in the mornings and then there are other circumstances which prevent them from doing their parental duties. Could we do without it in the Public Schools. Maybe, but is is fair for some kids to be hungry until lunchtime? No, it is not. There is going to be numerous cuts and it will affect the local school divisions in a bad way. From buses to lunches. Could we look elsewhere for other places to cut first? I would think so. Now is the time to let the State Gov. know how you feel.

**sup-rbeast** · February 20th, 2010, 09:25 PM

The point is the guy just got elected and his first budget takes direct aim at increasing the plight of the poor... some of y'all may be ok with that but I'm not.