Needing to vent, big time.
By chertsy
@chertsy (3798)
United States
May 8, 2008 10:41pm CST
Here's my vent, I found out yesterday that our governor is cutting jobs in our state to fix the budget, while at the same time spending huge amounts of tax payers money on this make shift bomb shelter, I believe is under the governor's mansion. He only has 8-9 more months in office before a new governor is elected.
I also found out because of these job cuts, that my dad might lose his job. He will find out Monday morning when they have their meeting. Also, tonight I found out on the news, that teachers won't get their promised pay raises, and colleges won't get funding. We have the lottery, which should be going towards college tutions, which isn't.If the people in Nashville, would stop being wuss's and complain enough about the bomb shelter, it would be stopped. Our old governor basically ran Tennessee broke, this guy isn't short from the last one.
Another way, for our state to save money, and people that actually deserve the jobs, wouldn't lose them is to do some spring cleaning with the Army National Guard. You have people that are past their retirement ages, can't do their jobs ,and lastly over weight. I'm not picking on over weight people, except when they are called up for active duty and sent to Iraq, they are shortly flown back home because of heart attacks and heat strokes. Plus the active military forces have weight standards, which the guard doesn't follow. There is no need to waste 1,400 a month to a person that's over retirement, can't or don't know how to do their jobs, or over weight. That's an extra 16,800 a year, that could be used towards better, useful things.
Well, that's my vent, had to get it out before I exploded.
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3 responses
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
9 May 08
The bomb shelter is a waste, but that's the only complaint you have here that's legitimate. Of course, you said you were venting, so yeah, I can see that.
Cuts in government spending means a cut in jobs. All statess need to cut the jobs that aren't necessary, that's the only real way to cut expenses.
We all complain that the government wastes too much money, but when it comes time to cut programs, we complain just as much.
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
9 May 08
I know, but after taking 12 million from the public to pay for a ball room, not a shelter (I looked it up). With no underground room, that 12 million could easily be put back into the budget and used for better things. If the government is going to let people go, go after the people that shouldn't have the jobs in the first place, not hard workers. The jobs that are being cut are jobs that are needed. The roads in Tennessee looks like someone took a jack hammer to them. I have been from Knoxville to Memphis, from Clarksville, to Savannah. The roads needs major repairs, but the governor thinks that 2 people from each counties TDOT needs to be let go. Some counties are short handed as it is.
I don't know if the teacher's pay raise was written in stone, but they need it. I think the highest paid teacher in Tennessee is 28,000 a year. For 2 months, these teachers don't get paid at all, and they have to look for summer jobs.
Again, I just needed to vent. I have expressed my disgust with this ballroom to the governor. I don't think my opinion will do any good, more people need to complain. Times are tough everywhere, with that, 12 million for a building can wait until times are better.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
9 May 08
the people of the whole state should revolt, sign petitions, lobby in front of his office, get out there and demand that better care is taken with tax payers money, so what he is out in 9 months, he is doing this crap now.
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
9 May 08
The 9 month bit is about him trying to build a bomb shelter. Why waste money on something your not going to need, or will the next governor. What stinks, is that people did everything you wrote about this stupid shelter. It's still being built, which I don't understand. Not everyone is going to complain because it doesn't deal with them or their wallets. Just the county, that the piece of crap is being built. It really doesn't deal with me either, but still that's wasted money that could be put into the budget. Not someone's job.
With the jobs and the budget, I'm planning on doing more than just signing a petition. That's the thing, not everyone in my state has the nuggets to actually do anything, they will sit in their comfy homes and complain, but once they step outside they are singing a different tune.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
9 May 08
I think some of it will spill over onto state taxes, it has to, that stuff cost so much money to build.
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
9 May 08
WOW!! It was a good thing MyLot was here to save you from blowing up!!Be quite a mess to clean.
I am sorry to hear the stress you and your family are facing.The Federal,State and local governments seem to find money when they want something but are willing to cut workers to "find" that money.These are very difficult times in the US (and other places in the world) and I would rather see the various government leaders stop spending money on useless,self-serving projects and put that money towards the people who pay the taxes to keep them running!I am a Canadian but we have the same type of problems here.Some people like to play with the lives of their underlings and then wonder why stress is at its highest peak!Good luck to your family and you.
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
9 May 08
It makes me sick. Especially this bomb shelter crap, he only has maybe 8-9 more months and we can tell him to go to He*l. He's up there with Bush on my list. I wouldn't be all that upset if he wasn't wasting money on something that's not needed. If something ever did happen here, he wouldn't be going to his precious shelter in the first place. He would be sent to a secret area located in a city near me. I know this because my husband works for that department. Ok, enough complaining about this shelter. I mean it's not the people in my state's fault that he over budgetied, and wastes money like it's gum.
Thank you, I will update this discussion Tuesday morning after I find out if my dad still has a job.
