As I write this, the State of Alabama is currently undergoing budget cuts faster than paper through a shredder. Like most of the country, our state is making cuts at an alarming rate, hitting areas that cannot afford any losses, yet our governor, Robert Bentley, is acting like Edward Scissorhands, cutting almost any and everything. When our schools are desparately trying to survive in an already depressed economy, Gov. Bentley adds insult to injury by cutting deeper into the education budget.
It saddens me that our state is struggling to make ends meet and that by doing so, good people who are valuable in their fields, are being let go in an already depressed job market, only to find that they are competing with other good people for the same job.
What bothers me to no end is that as our country continues to spend money in overseas operations, upwards in the trillions, we can't seem to get our own backyard straighten out. Please don't misunderstand what I am saying....I support our troops wherever they go, as it is our military that keeps such fanatics from overtaking our government. But even our military isn't safe from the abuse and mistreatment at the hands of our government.
It's sad to repeatly hear of soliders doing 3, 4, 5, 6 tours of duty overseas, struggling to keep their families together, wounded soliders having to fight for compensation and fair treatment upon returning home from a war being fought far from home.
With all of this going on, it's any wonder that we, not only as states, but as a country have been able to keep our heads above water. The government needs to focus on returning people to work, getting back what belongs to the people and quit all of the bickering that takes place in our capitals, not only in our states, but in the nation.
Until we meet again,
Amanda
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