re: #269 blueraven

Because they have top balance their state budgets and at the same time lover the corporate rate. Teachers are expendable.

100s of thousands of them.

Assuming that you are referring to Wisconsin, the idea is to correct structural problems in the budget. Lower personnel costs and attract increased investments from tax-paying businesses. The idea is that a slimmed down government with a larger tax base will not experience the current source of budget crisis in the foreseeable future.