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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (167576)	8/4/2011 11:49:06 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541824

I agree. I'm more than willing to cut loose the Indian nations, if they wish to be autonomous. And I think that disabled care thing was ridiculous- as have been some of the other scandals- but they could easily be fixed. Most public employees just don't make that much- if they do, cut the salaries. Get them in line with other professionals with the same amount of college- and adjust for the 2 1/2 months off in the summer- or whatever is left when you factor in vacation. My husband gets 5 weeks off from his public company. I don't think lower priced public employees are the place to start balancing the budget- when we have egregious porky pie projects on both sides of the aisle. Cut the rural airports that are porky for both parties. I realize it's going to hurt people, but that's the way it is. When it's public spending, you go for the greatest good for the greatest number- imo. I'm actually pretty reasonable about cutting spending- but I don't want to see massive layoffs, so I'm pretty supportive of keeping people employed, and at the least giving them a living wage. I'd like to see all international aggression cease- put that money to work here, giving folks training for jobs, and getting some vital infrastructure work done. I know the union guys want all the work (at amazingly high rates of pay)- but I say we use emergency powers and give the work to the unemployed, and fix a lot more problems for a lot less. But I don't want to break the unions- I just want to get around them so we can get employment back on track. I think unions are an important counterbalance to freakishly powerful corporate interests- even if their interests are not perfectly aligned with "the little guy". And tax the freaking rich- especially the ones who aren't creating jobs. And let's get those caps off social security taxes. And I'm thinking 70 would be the time to let people get money from that state, if they need it, and not before. And don't get me started on what I'd do to the medical system :-)