Cutting big government means failing education

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2011/06/uresti-cutting-big-government-means-failing-education/

With the economy being the way it is right now, funding for education is limited. Education was supposed to and should be the last place the government should cut from. Teachers have lost their jobs, schools have shut down, and classrooms are getting larger. In this article, Uresti states that education should be our number one priority and I would have to agree with him. Education shouldn't be a burden on the economy because the children in our education system are our future.  An example is used on how bad the education system is becoming by talking about a school in his city. The North East Independent District in San Antonio is expected to lose $28.4 million next year under the new funding formulas. This results in cutting 26 elementary teaching jobs, 35 middle school teaching jobs, 30 high school teaching jobs, and more than 150 central office positions, general assistants, clerical administrators, and 25 campus administrators and other professionals according to the San Antonio Express-News. This week, San Antonio's Judson Independent School District is getting rid of 79 positions to cover the loss of $9 million. This is only from two school districts in Texas, imagine how much it is affecting Texas as a state. I remember seeing on the news that 7 schools were closing in Austin as of last year. Why cut from the education system? The diminishing education system of Texas is obviously a crisis in our state and it needs to be changed. Why cut from education when there are other places to cut from?

Perry Visits with Former Pakistan President

Rick Perry, not a name that should be unfamiliar to anyone living in Texas, is most likely planning on entering the Republican race for president.  While you may be for or against this idea at all is up to you, but while this article is quite short, I still think it shows a much larger vision of Perry's future plans.  The article basically talks about them and their wives meeting in Austin and discussing a few various topics, in particularly the U.S.'s suspension of 800 million dollars which would originally have been going to help aide Pakistan's military.  This maybe just a brief meeting and "lunch date", I believe that Perry is making significant strides to position himself for a run at the oval office in 2012.  I think this article is worth a read for anyone in this class mainly because of it's subliminal message that I feel it tells.  After reading this one should at least consider the idea that Perry, Texas' Governor, could be planting his feet on a path to the presidential race.


http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/07/12/perry_meets_with_former_pakist.html