Comments on: Governor Stresses Reality, Not Dreams

By: RASchmidt

RASchmidt — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:17:36 +0000

This state has gotten itself in a fiscal mess. Finally the bill is coming due but the Republicans continue to cry for lower taxes and the electorate responds to this simple sound bite without any questioning of its consequences.

It is basic math; repairing highways, funding all levels of education and providing for the protection of the enviornment requires money. Without money, the roads fall apart and mass transit does not get built while our public universites continue there steady decline. Add to this scenario a possible recession and it is easy to understand the approach Gov. Ritter took in his State Of the State speech.

By: Wildflower

Wildflower — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:18:32 +0000

“From 2001 to 2006 no other state cut funding to higher education more than Colorado”.
Let’s see, what political party did the prior governor belong to? I’d be curious to know if the prior governor’s kids had scholarships to Colo. colleges during that time.
And isn’t it that same political party in Washington that is sucking us into a recession? The same party that’s spending trillions on a war that should never have been..the same party that allowed oil to go from $20 a barrel to $100 a barrel.
I don’t blame Ritter for the mess we’re in.
If there is blame, let’s blame Doug Bruce, Bill Owens, the Bush Administration.

By: noidea

noidea — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:51:44 +0000

Wildflower,
With respect to our state, leaving the “emotional” Republican Party kitandkaboodle broad brush rant out of your rave, what do you propose for our state?

How much will it cost and how much should we raise taxes for?
1. roads
2. More funding for higher education and k-12 3. UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.

Please break each of them down by projected cost give me an aggregate number (not broken down in slivers so it seems smaller) and leave my bill in my post box. Just jam it down my throat and make me like it…

Rather than a rational discussion about the direction of our state, as our governor wants to guide us, we get this garbage about how Republicans (who are not in charge of the House or the Senate, if you need to be reminded) are sucking us into a recession. Thankfully we have Bill Ritter who wants to move the state forward with out partisanship.