tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post6451294131539056684..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Myths drive politically preening senators favoring SB 335Jeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-73323408607863897362009-07-08T00:16:55.482-05:002009-07-08T00:16:55.482-05:00excellent points, anonymous. pwned.excellent points, anonymous. pwned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-27815548854976705852009-06-10T12:44:22.643-05:002009-06-10T12:44:22.643-05:00"The governor has a plan for handling cuts: h..."The governor has a plan for handling cuts: have higher education absorb them now before they get worse in the coming years. " Who's to say that things will get worse in the coming years? If gas prices go up, the state is flush again. I realize that budget cuts are necessary now, but why must higher education and health care bear the brunt of them? Those are the two areas where our state consistently does the poorest. And higher education impacts the local economy in many significant and diverse ways. If we want to create good jobs in La and attract business, we need a well-educated population (otherwise we're stuck with chicken farms - can't we do better?). As far as far people making plans based on tax breaks, I too made plans based on my three-year teaching contract at LSU that could easily be broken if the proposed cuts come to pass. If La universities fire faculty with tenure and contracts, they will never be able to recruit top professors again. Other states have realized this and are capitalizing on it. Perhaps if Louisianians were better educated, they'd make the right choice too. These cuts will hurt everyone in the state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com