Response to "Affairs of the City"

The recent post from the blog "Affairs of the City" titled "Out of ideas? Try the Texas state budget on for size this Halloween," offered and excellent summary
of the facts contained in the original article it was citing. I felt that
I gleaned the critical information from the blog without even having to
read the actual article it referenced which was greatly appreciated, but at the same time I was enticed to read the article by what the author presented. I think that is a great balance.

I aggree with many of the points put forward in the blog, as I do strongly agree with andbelieve that there is little room to cut money from Texas education. I do however think that as the author strongly focused on education, it is important to consider all the needs of the budget and realize that although it will be hard to sacrifice funds from education, it will be neccesary to some extent. The reason behind this is simple, in the current budget crises, budgets need to be cut EVERYWHERE until we resume a balanced economy. If Texas as a whole does not stop living beyond it means, there will soon be no means left. I think that the amount of cuts to education should be revised in the current plan, but we also have to accept the fact that cuts will need to made across the board.

I agree with the author that  we need to start voting as a society to make things happen.