Here ya go, something to think about
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$43,710,000,000 spent on California public schools per year. Yes, that's right. Almost $44 BILLION a year, and yet they say it isn't enough.
The California revenues (income) came up short this year big time, so the governor decided to cut ALL state programs by 10% across the board.
If you want to write your representatives, maybe you should write to them with suggestions of what else they can cut to same that $4.4 billion (10% of the public school budget). Go ahead, I'm all ears.
If I had to answer that question I'd say that we should be cutting heath and human services (almost $36 billion a year and over 25% of the total budget) but we can't cut health and human services, the bleeding heart gimme gimmes would riots in the streets.
So I ask you, where else should they cut? Don't say raise taxes, you keep your darned hands off my wallet. I already spend too much money to put YOUR kids through school.
California spends over $33,000 per student per year, so even with your high property tax and sales tax you aren't even paying in enough for them to waste on your kids, the rest of us have to kick in too.
Try this for fun, pay taxes (allot of taxes) and then pay an additional $12,000 a year to put your two kids in private grade school where the kids can get a decent education because the students there already know how to speak English. Believe me, it isn't as much fun as it sounds.