Pawlenty on Budget Cuts
I turned on the TV this morning and watched for a few minutes while my wife was getting up. Channel nine (Fox) in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul was broadcasting the daily news. I did not watch for more than a few minutes, but they were talking about spending cuts that Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) wants to (or already has) enact.
There were some points that called my attention and want to bring them up on this blog.
Apparently Mr. Pawlenty wants to cut some budgets, which will force to layoff some government workers. The logic behind this is that if there are not enough funds to go around, individuals, companies and the government need to do the same. People would stop buying some items and companies would layoff workers. There are politicians (mostly Democrats) and affected government workers (as expected) that do not want this to happen. What is so special about government workers and elected officials? The answer is nothing. If regular Naive Americans are being laid off then any individual with some basic common sense should understand that government worker and politicians should also follow suit if the economy requires it. My strong support for the Governor of Minnesota!
Apparently the proposed budget cuts are not going to affect benefits received by US Veterans. I am 50-50 on this idea. The reason is that we in the USA do not have a mandatory military draft. If a Naive American wishes to join the armed forces so be it. Joining the military for a few years or as a career is a personal choice which one way or another will have an impact in the lives of the individuals and their families. The same is true for any individual that enrolls in an accredited university and completes a bachelor, master or PhD. Educated people have better chances of success in life. If a member of the military is injured it is just a result of their (poor or good) own choice. I am OK with the decision of Mr. Pawlenty.
The last point that called my attention was the fact that the budget for our illustrious child daycare better known to us, as K-12 would not be affected. Everyone knows that the K-12 education system in the USA ranks fourteenth (14th) in the world. Ask a teacher if he or she can recite fourteen (14) countries and their capitals that have better education than in the USA. Yet the teachers union lobby and advertise threatening politicians that they are 70,000 strong. In other words our poor end incompetent K-12 group of teachers will continue to get raises and will not be laid off. If it were up to me I would fire all teachers and will start fresh without unions. Perhaps because of natural selection and free economic process our K-12 system might regain its position of decades ago. Completely disagree with the choice of Mr. Pawlenty!
