Who is Responsible?

Our economy is in a tailspin right now, but does anybody in society know the reasons why. Could it just be old fashion greed on the part of our government officials. Unfortunately the government has decided to cut spending in some very important areas especially education. Just like the retail business leaders when they lose money, the loss is passed on to the consumer by raising the prices on the products we purchase. The people in charge put the onus on the little guy. That is what our government is doing to us now.

Education is one of the few areas in our society that allows everyone to benefit regardless of race or sex whether they cho.ose to take advantage of it or not  However, this is the first area that our so called government leaders are cutting drastically. Then when the leaders of local school boards get the news they whine and complain, and then turn around and cut teachers that are sorely needed. These teachers surely do not teach because of the high salaries they are making. None of the school board superintendents have bothered to cut their high salaries, and they are the ones making the poor decisions that put us in bad economical positions throughout the years. Our congressmen and women are surely not mentioning that they are taking pay cuts to ensure we keep our teachers. Recent news in ou state showed that if the government was shut down, many of our legislators would still expect to receive their salaries. Teachers, regardless of what the public thinks, work with students because they care about the kids and want to help improve the future of our society. Pay cuts should be made in programs that do not have such a high influence on our future as a viable country.

Greed by our so called leaders and poor judgement by these "leaders" is ruining our lifestyle at the expense of their affluent and extravagant spending. The leaders of our different branches of government are destroying our country with their selfish decisions. The graft is even spreading to
to local governments. People are raising their salaries and taking money for services that are not needed or used, and then passing the price on to the public by raising taxes and such things as utility bills. Gas companies are raising gas prices because "we may run out of oil." You can not tell an intelligent public that we can not find new ways to make vehicles run. But our government continues to take money from lobbyists to keep the status quo. We all know who has to foot the bill - the public.