Tulsa World
By SCOTT MEACHAM
Published: 10/17/2010 2:24 AM
Last Modified: 10/17/2010 5:08 AM
There has been a lot of discussion about the merits of State Question 744.
I must confess my bias. I am unabashedly for education and education funding. I have spent the last eight years fighting (successfully) to increase funding for education in Oklahoma, to increase teacher pay and to improve the overall quality of our education system. The last two years, I have fought to protect education from the steep cuts that other state agencies have had to endure.
Although I am for education, I am against SQ 744.
SQ 744, if enacted, will cause devastating harm to our state. More than a billion new dollars will have to be appropriated by the Legislature to common education.
That sounds good until you consider where the Legislature will have to go to get the money. It will not raise taxes. The voters defeated the last tax increase proposal in Oklahoma by a huge margin. Oklahomans don't like taxes. That means the money will have to come from the rest of the budget... FULL ARTICLE
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Sun, October 17, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski