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Damage done by 2/3 and it's out of control.- In 1978, community college were free. Starting in 1983, students were forced to start paying fees. - In the early sixties, the master plan for education called for free higher education for everyone from community colleges to university. But, after Prop 13 instituted the 2/3 requirement, fees have increased at a rate of triple the inflation rate or more. - If Gov. Schwarzenegger doesn't get the $6 billion dollars he's requesting from the federal government, he has said he will cut the following: IHSS (In Home Support Services) will be completely eliminated. Health-care workers earning a little more than the minimum wage will lose their jobs and their clients will no longer have the assistance they need to function in their homes. Many will be forced into nursing homes thus multiplying the cost to the state. Prop 10 revenues from tobacco taxes were used to fund the First Five program. Each county developed a system that served the needs of children and mothers from pre-natal to kindergaten. The proposition dedicated those moneys specifically to First Five. Under the Governor's budget proposal, half of those revenues will go to the state's general fund.
The Los Angeles Times has a do-it-yourself calculator that allows you to cut the budget with the goal of eliminating the deficit. Try it out. See how far you have to slash services to the state's people before you can make it balance without increasing revenues. And you're not allowed to increase revenues because of the 2/3 rule and the 1/3 plus 2 or 3 in the CA Assembly and Senate who have taken the Norquist pledge against revenue increases. From Moms Rising Above: A recent study shows that rates of unemployment among the lowest income families are 30.8 percent, while the highest income families have an unemployment rate of only 3.2 percent.[1] For our most vulnerable families, these unemployment rates rival those during the Great Depression. (New York Times) S.F. park budget-balancing proposal moves ahead Over 900 pink slips likely for S.F. schools More than 900 San Francisco schoolteachers, administrators and other staff members - nearly twice that of last year - are in line to receive layoff notices in the next few weeks as district officials prepare to cover a worst-case budget scenario next year.....
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