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To: Debt Free who wrote (154361)	1/14/2011 2:15:25 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542129

In the last ten years I've been involved in local government--among other things, president of the library board and now on the board of education. In each case, any cuts at the level that would reflect something taxpayers would see doesn't cut fat, it cuts genuine services. The reason for that is both institutions have been laboring under caps for much of the decade. Those caps were never enough to cover the increasing costs of everything--healthcare, pension contributions, books, salaries, and so on. As a result both have been pairing back and back and back. There are, of course, small things. But not the sorts of things that would hold property taxes even. For that to happen, services will have to be cut. We get less. As for whether the local stuff has served us well, it certainly has. We have terrific local schools and libraries. Much of northern Jersey is very well served in that respect.

To: Debt Free who wrote (154361)	1/14/2011 4:48:36 PM
From: Suma	Respond to of 542129

Has anyone run any stats to see what President increased our government the most. I know that we now have a Homeland Security program that has upped the government. However I have a sneaky suspicion that most of our government is over there in that Octagon building known as the Pentagon. AND I think it eats up most of our tax dollars too. It's funny how unions,teachers and pubic services are always cut but war spending and munitions spending is not. Whom are we defending ourselves against currently ? I think any country in this world would not DARE to attack us WE HAVE THE MOST NUCLEAR BOMBS. Think on that. We could take out anybody. I would not like to be an enemy of the U.S.