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Governor unveils $11.7 billion budget
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Changes may need to be done for the way in which valuations are done, but the taxes should NOT be cut. We can't afford the consequences of that.
We're doing fine thank you.
The only way teachers get the raises the legislature intends for them is to get it directly like last year.
When they announce a WPU increase it creates hostility. THe teachers then expect that should be their raise. The legislators say we gave you a 7% raise what more do you want. But the money never gets to them.
Last year was the way to do it. Take it straight to the teachers.
I really believe that is why the general population is so disturbed about the teachers whining. The legislator increases the WPU every year but that does not mean it goes to increasing teacher�s salaries.
They need to do just what they did last year. It was the first year in a long time I actually could see a significant increase in my take home.
Unless you are going to sale your home this does you NO good. It only raises your taxes.
"Democrats, though, liked what they heard in Huntsman's no-tax-cut budget."
Then he should have run as a democrat. He's a very libral govenor, elected by conservatives. Shame on him.
How did you like his commercial on global warming?
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Very libral govenor.
year. A 7% raise will not even get them equal to
this years salary. The news media does not recognize
this, but the public will think the teachers are
getting a great deal.
He continues to pour money into public education, an over funded under performing mess. He has stood by while the major universities have increased tuition beyond the rate of inflation. He has done nothing to improve transportation in this state. His program for improving air quality is for more monitoring.
We need to vote this bum out of office and find someone that can actually do something besides look pretty for the cameras and stroke his own ego.
What this means is as assessed values go up, the tax RATE must go down. If YOUR taxes went up, then someone else's in the jurisdiction went DOWN. This happens when YOUR property is reassessed at a higher value and THEIRS is not reassessed in the current year. The NET effect for the city/county/district is zero. This is often misunderstood. When you add the complexity of all the different entities that levy property tax, it can be quite confusing.
If teacher want to make more money or "real money" then education must be privatized.
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