That is just what we need more tax on gasoline. I wonder what the poster boy, Harold Ford, Jr. thinks about raising gas prices, since Jr. is running commercials about gas prices. Bredesen is a tax and spender. This has happened before, no taxes in the first term, get re-elected and then proposing an income tax. Phil Bredesen, out of touch with Tennessee, out of touch with Tennesseans, out of touch, Phil.
He said, “We had to take painful steps with TennCare, but there is no sense kicking that can down the road.” Bredesen said he has balanced four consecutive budgets with “no new taxes. Our rainy-day fund is at its highest level.”
Bredesen wants to avoid the issue on TennCare, because he promised to “fix” TennCare because he was the Healthcare manager/guru and could and would fix it. His fix was to do nothing for two years and then kick off thousands of enrollees and to gut the benefits. So, of course he believes “there is no sense kicking that can” According to Bredesen we will deplete the rainy day fund, to make him look like a good manager. A rainy day fund is nothing more than the state government taking more of your money for something they didn’t need,. Why does Bredesen do that? Because Bredesen can.
He said that in a second administration he wanted to “let every child whose parents want them in a pre-K to be able to go.” He said pre-K gives children social skills and allows for early intervention if a child exhibits health difficulties or mental problems.
Bredesen needs to correct the inflated graduation rates, improve test scores and bring accountability to the statewide k-12 programs before creating a program that will be part of the same ole broken statewide education program.
When you look at the 95 counties in regards to public education in this state, There are islands of excellence in a sea of mediocrity.
