In "Government has to make choices families, businesses don't", Cindi Ross Scoppe brings up a good point. She is writing this article in response to the many letters she has recieved from families and businesses. They all want to know why the government does things one way when there seems to be a better and more fair way to do it, Scoppe says that these people have to understand that the government has to implement the actions not the people so there is really nothing they can but bring the issues to the table and make them known. This article appeared in The State Newspaper and was aslo written as a response to the recent tax cuts, job layoffs, salary cuts, and cuts in funds for colleges.
In her article, Scoppe said something that really stood out to me. She said,"It’s mighty tempting to say we should cut back on the size of college scholarships and divert the money to K-12. But is that wise? Those college kids are a lot closer to becoming productive, tax-paying citizens." This has lots of meaning to us considering the fact that we are at as well as the teachers for cuts, or days without pay, or less school days, or little to no tuition assistance. This may be a huge problem being that the government is torn between whether we should worry about the kids in the future or the ones that are going to be out on their own in anywhere from two to four years. This article is directed towards everyone but can be specifically directed towards the families and businesses that have been bugging her with responses and the employess suffering the salary cuts or layoffs and to the government as well. In conclusion some decisions are wiser than others and there are always other options but the government will do what they will do no matter what.
