Sad State of Affairs
November 5, 2008Lots of disappointing results in the voting last night, but this one just leaves me wondering what’s wrong with people.
In my state, people could vote for a constitutional amendment that would permanently increase our sales tax. This was advertised as money that would be used to “clean up the water”. But that was just a small fraction of the increase. The remainder goes to the arts programs in our capitol city.
In my school district, people could vote for levies that would maintain current budgets, allowing slightly for inflation and for added monies for technology.
We managed to vote for clean water, but we have denied our kids a decent education. Where do our values lie? Well, if you look at the numbers, on stage, not in the classroom.
This makes me very sad.
Sorry you aren’t very happy about the outcome of the election. I hope for everyone though that Obama will do a good job.