lol wrote on May 11, 2009 06:38 PM: "47 states face funding shortfalls"

I thought the political power players keep saying we need a more stable tax system - IE , more taxes for the system. I guess they are all broken if almost all are having problems.

I wish we had more intelligent people in Carson (like the Governor) that would only spend what they have, not just cry "broken system"

TK wrote on May 11, 2009 06:26 PM: Raising taxes during a recession to close budget gaps is like driving faster so you wont run out of gas.

BarneyFife wrote on May 11, 2009 04:59 PM: “I’m not going to give rooms away. That’s a heads-in-beds philosophy,” Ruffin said. “I don’t want the $50 customer.” 5/11/2009

This says it all about Vegas and why we are so reluctant to come there anymore. The new owner of the TI no longer wants to even see the lower hotel guest like my family and relatives. My uncle used to stay there several times per year. He is a lousy gambler, but he enjoyed his stay, though he lost thousands trying to beat 21. I sent him Ruffin's quote. Now that Vegas might be slowly coming out of the abyss, the strip seems hell bent on barring anyone who is not a whale. I'm sure Paris Hilton will book a room there soon since there will be so many vacancies.

Sal wrote on May 11, 2009 03:33 PM: yawn...the Legislature didn't go "running to the supreme court".

Dandin; Nevada has a rainy day fund and used a lot of it to get through this fiscal year...we do not need to whore ourselves by storing nuke waste here in Nevada. Just read that 1/2 of al all businesses in Nevada do not pay the required $100 fee to the tax dept and 1/2 of all corporations fail to pay their annual secretary of state fee!

yawn wrote on May 11, 2009 03:05 PM: The leadership is saying no more taxes, but the legislature isn't listening. So after they waste all this time coming up with a budget that will be vetoed, they'll just wait until the last minute again, then go running to the supreme court crying about the poor children, and the supreme court will once again trash our constitution and rule for the government. Almost like deja vu.

Dandin wrote on May 11, 2009 02:03 PM: NV is in a deep hole because of A LACK of LEADERSHIP.

NV Mining has one of the lowest tax rates in the nation, NV Gaming has one of the lowest tax rates in the nation, NV businesses have some of the lowest tax rates in the nation, NV tabacco and alcohol taxes are below average for the nation, and it goes on. But taxes alone are not the solution.

It is just plain fiscally smart to have a decent "rainy day" fund, now where is Nevada's? Where is the LEADERSHIP?

BILLIONS annually could be coming to Nevada by completing the Yucca storage site, charging for shipping nuclear waste to NV, requiring a nuclear waste reycling plant to be built on site, recycling the waste, requiring a nuclear power plant to be built on site to use the recycled nuclear waste, selling the power, then charging for storage of the recycled and re-used nuclear material with a shorter life and easier to store, and smaller amount left over. Technologically feasible and safe, despite the fears of the uneducated. More income than Alaska oil, which pays every long-time resident a couple thousand dollars a year interest from the Oil profits.

Solutions are needed. Where is the LEADERSHIP?

Education is at the bottom compared to other states, but what are the schools and communities doing to find solutions. Money alone is not the solution, as Utah spends less per student but has much higher test scores and graduation rates than NV.

And the list goes on...bickering and fighting very seldom produces the best solutions.

Where is the LEADERSHIP?

MTS wrote on May 11, 2009 12:55 PM: Once again the Nevada Legislature is going down the same road that they do every session. Perhaps it won't be as bad as the horrendous 2003 session, but once again a small group of insiders is cutting deals in secret that will finally be presented for a vote as close to adjournment as possible so they can run out the door and head for home. This is all taking plcae despite the assurances by Buckley that it would be different this time. In the meantime, Legislators wasted no time acting on items im[ortant to them e.g. annual sessions. Why in the world - given the record of the Legislature - would Taxpayers want to have to pay even more for that bunch? The Nevada Legislature is an embarrassment.

Virgil A. Sestini wrote on May 11, 2009 12:35 PM: I might add to my previous comments If we eliminated the disruptive, social misfits from our classes we just might be able to see education return to the schools.

1. Cut the crappola with Special Ed kids. Most of them have been mis classified as handicapped,that is BULL! Too many of them are classified as having a handicapping situation...poor misbehavior is handicapping to all other students in class and the teacher.
2. With removal of all the disruptive elements in class maybe, just maybe a teacher might be able to accomplish something.
3. With removal of these problem makers there would be no need for 4-5 principals in a highs school. One princial and an assistant would be all that is necessary....plus all the specialists, mentors, etc would not be needed

dr j wrote on May 11, 2009 12:17 PM: With the billions the state takes from casnios every year, save some of it for times like these! Create a permanent fund, like Alaska.

Ned wrote on May 11, 2009 11:17 AM: Helen;

Here is a list of the 55 different unions in Wyoming, population 563,000.

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