Could it be true I will have
more money to spend because the State is asking for less from every Income Tax
payer?
The provision, proposed for
my State’s Fiscal -Year 2012 budget, is the leading news item this morning.
Haven’t seen the details; television news and talk show personalities repetitiously
embedded the scant and somehow provocative information in my brain as I fixed my morning coffee.
No I’m not happy! I’m
chagrined.
How in the world will the
government function for the benefit of every sector of the population with less
income -10% less? Times are tough, have
been tough for several years now.
The unemployment rate in the
State is above 8%. That’s a lot of
people not working, not bringing in a paycheck, men and women who used to have
jobs, health benefits, savings plans, a means to provide for their families. Keeping hope alive in the household where the
breadwinner is unemployed or underemployed is vital for healthy communities and to
realize a high level of student achievement in the school systems. Optimism and consistent supportive attention
to education is difficult to maintain when the tragedy of job loss drives what
happens behind the closed doors of home.
Thinking about it, no doubt
there will be a Job Development Initiative in the 2012 fiscal plans for my
State. My government leaders must know JOBS are the critical
necessity, not a 10% reduction in income tax receipts.
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