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Just one of the many sectors where budget cuts are going turn into huge losses down the line. The consequences of cutting healthcare and education are (going) t

Just one of the many sectors where budget cuts are going turn into huge losses down the line. The consequences of cutting healthcare and education are (going) to be much worse.

masklinn 7y ago
Exactly as designed, makes it that much harder for the next government to fix this up so you can shove all the blame on them when it starts going down the drain. This is not something you can fix quickly either, as with State the loss of institutional memory and all the things which should have been tracked but weren't and got lost are going to be a huge supplementary shock.
abtinf 7y ago
When have healthcare or education ever been cut? Edit: A lot of downvotes, but no examples. Such cuts are always talked about as if though they have factually happened. To my knowledge, I’ve never actually seen such a cut in the United States at the federal, state, or local level. Sometimes, there have been attempts to limit the rate of spending growth, but those seem to always fail too.
- sdinsn 7y ago
  The governor of Alaska just signed a bill that cut 41% off the state budget for higher education.
  - abtinf 7y ago
    Thank you for the example. However, it appears that the governor reversed course just yesterday: https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-governor-reverses-course-controversial-032522288.html https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-governor-reverses-course-contr... I've noticed this is a frequent occurance--one faction will try to score political points by appearing to take an action, only to capitulate at the end when fewer people are looking.
    - sdinsn 7y ago
      Partially revered course. Now it's just ~8%, but its still significant.
      - zanybear 7y ago
        That's the Art of the Deal. Set the initial position much higher than desired and retrench to actual one on push back.
- dlp211 7y ago
  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-realize-state-funding-for-higher-ed-fell-by-billions https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-r...
- wavefunction 7y ago
  https://the1a.org/shows/2019-05-06/draft-4-day-school-week https://the1a.org/shows/2019-05-06/draft-4-day-school-week Oklahoma and a number of other states moved to a 4 day school week to cut costs. Do you include cutting teacher pensions as an education cut? I can provide significant examples of education cuts.
maehwasu 7y ago
The consequences of not exposing healthcare and education to cost pressure have already been catastrophic for consumers of both, so I'm not quite sure where you're going with this one.

Just one of the many sectors where budget cuts are going turn into huge losses down the line. The consequences of cutting healthcare and education are (going) to be much worse.

masklinn 7y ago

Exactly as designed, makes it that much harder for the next government to fix this up so you can shove all the blame on them when it starts going down the drain. This is not something you can fix quickly either, as with State the loss of institutional memory and all the things which should have been tracked but weren't and got lost are going to be a huge supplementary shock.

abtinf 7y ago

When have healthcare or education ever been cut? Edit: A lot of downvotes, but no examples. Such cuts are always talked about as if though they have factually happened. To my knowledge, I’ve never actually seen such a cut in the United States at the federal, state, or local level. Sometimes, there have been attempts to limit the rate of spending growth, but those seem to always fail too.

sdinsn 7y ago
The governor of Alaska just signed a bill that cut 41% off the state budget for higher education.
- abtinf 7y ago
  Thank you for the example. However, it appears that the governor reversed course just yesterday: https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-governor-reverses-course-controversial-032522288.html https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-governor-reverses-course-contr... I've noticed this is a frequent occurance--one faction will try to score political points by appearing to take an action, only to capitulate at the end when fewer people are looking.
  - sdinsn 7y ago
    Partially revered course. Now it's just ~8%, but its still significant.
    - zanybear 7y ago
      That's the Art of the Deal. Set the initial position much higher than desired and retrench to actual one on push back.
dlp211 7y ago
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-realize-state-funding-for-higher-ed-fell-by-billions https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-r...
wavefunction 7y ago
https://the1a.org/shows/2019-05-06/draft-4-day-school-week https://the1a.org/shows/2019-05-06/draft-4-day-school-week Oklahoma and a number of other states moved to a 4 day school week to cut costs. Do you include cutting teacher pensions as an education cut? I can provide significant examples of education cuts.

maehwasu 7y ago

The consequences of not exposing healthcare and education to cost pressure have already been catastrophic for consumers of both, so I'm not quite sure where you're going with this one.