California's budget and the Future of Education

How does education help the economy? Will the Governor cut us off at the knees in mid-2009? How can empowered citizens make an impact through political videos, blogs, or other social media?

By now you’ve all heard facts and predictions:

• 2.3 million Californians are unemployed or underemployed.
• Home sales have declined more than half.
• Foreclosures have pushed many renters and their families into homelessness.
• The California Prison system is the third largest penal system in the country with 33 prisons housing more than 172,000 inmates at a cost of $5.7 billion dollars a year.
• Legislators propose huge cuts to education and to human services, which will especially hurt poor children and the mentally ill.
• Adding to the revenue shortfall—large, profitable corporations and people in the upper income bracket have continuously received handsome tax breaks since the 1980s.

TAKE ACTION, NOW! Start by signing the pledge to repeal the 2/3rds rule to pass a budget!

Blog, blog, blog to vent and to make suggestions for how we can deal with the State’s budget crisis.