Originally Posted by Kingfish

No it?s a simple math problem each year they get less and less revenue from property taxes. To try and cover this decline they raise taxes and fees on everything else. Fix the property tax system and the taxes and fees in other areas can be lowered.

They have cut their funding to state prisons so much that the Federal Court system sized control of them as they didn?t meet minimal constitutional standards. So unless they want to set all of their prisoners free, close all their universities, close all their parks, fire all of their teachers, firemen and policemen they are at the end of their rope on cutting spending.