Our View-Education repairs need to make sense
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010
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Robbie Eich
We’ve mentioned this countless times, the state’s higher education system should receive more money than the state’s prison system.
We’re not revolutionaries, albeit some of us would like to think so. We just strive to make sense. You know, do what’s right, that kind of thing.
Apparently, our governor is trying the whole ‘making sense thing’ out as well. In his most recent State of the State speech Schwarzenegger announced a plan that would amend our state constitution to mandate that spending on higher education be prioritized over state prisons.
Right now state prisons receive nearly 11 percent of the state budget while higher education receives about 7.5 percent. The governor essentially wants to flip these numbers around.
He seems to be trying, but in the words of our preadolescent friends: FAIL, EPIC FAIL. Confused? We’ll explain.
Sure universities should receive more funding than prisons, but you can’t just mandate it. Things don’t work that way. Government is a delicate machine; you can’t pick at its parts without preparation.
We’re not revolutionaries, albeit some of us would like to think so. We just strive to make sense. You know, do what’s right, that kind of thing.
Apparently, our governor is trying the whole ‘making sense thing’ out as well. In his most recent State of the State speech Schwarzenegger announced a plan that would amend our state constitution to mandate that spending on higher education be prioritized over state prisons.
Right now state prisons receive nearly 11 percent of the state budget while higher education receives about 7.5 percent. The governor essentially wants to flip these numbers around.
He seems to be trying, but in the words of our preadolescent friends: FAIL, EPIC FAIL. Confused? We’ll explain.
Sure universities should receive more funding than prisons, but you can’t just mandate it. Things don’t work that way. Government is a delicate machine; you can’t pick at its parts without preparation.