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What an admirable rise, first of all.

Back when I gave a shit and didn't enjoy watching your country experience decline i used to say that places like Raleigh, Austin, etc were testaments to PURPLE which is the secret of America. It was a testament to good favorable conditions for business on one hand - BUT equally if not more a testament to education, science, diversity, tolerance. And anywhere from Raleigh to Austin to Atlanta, it works (mind you the last one has more crime....i just cant imagine *why*)'

So let's see despite all those well educated upper income (in their own mind) wage-slaving Liberals living there, and all of their celebrate exploitative Liberal Big Corporations there......

First off nice to see Trump cut education funding there:

https://www.kut.org/education/2025-07-18/austin-in...


"Austin ISD will need to figure out which programs it can maintain after the Trump administration announced at the end of June it was withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants to schools nationwide."

Why not just raise local taxes and raise 6 billion? Oh i forgot, Liberals don't like to pay.


Anyway, good. Less after-school programs are fine---the great "culture" in America will see to it that the kids find worthy things to do. Professional development for teachers --- gone. - haha

And finally cut are services for migrants and English learners ---i used to want that but now i'd rather see you people spend more on it because , well, you deserve the expense especially at this time of debt and deficit :) Hopefully the English speaking migrants go elsewhere (from Canada to Portugal to new Zealand they are being recruited ;)


Anyhow, you greedy Austin professionals: Keep paying the taxes and in return, Daddy delivers you school cuts and a deficit.

As always, personal attacks are replied to with celebrating real events.

First off nice to see Trump cut education funding there:

Meanwhile, the (L&Ses) in the Michigan House have put forward an education budget that does away with 128 different program grants, and gives school systems one block grant, to use as they wish. So, for instance, if a school system wants to do away with mental heath and free school meals programs, and put the money into football instead, it's shiny.

Steve

EchotaBaaa wrote: "Why not just raise local taxes and raise 6 billion? Oh i forgot, Liberals don't like to pay."

It's obvious that you don't understand how school funding works in the state of Texas. I'll keep it brief...

The Texas legislature determines the basic allotment per student and also determines adjustment factors for various areas within the state to account for items like cost of living, cost of real estate, etc.

They also calculate how much each school district should raise in terms of property taxes...If the district raises too little, then the state will withhold funding from other sources...If it raises too much, then the state will take the excess.

For FY 24-25, it's estimated that AISD will raise $1.775 billion; and of, almost half (46%), will be sent to the state, where they'll use it to fund schools elsewhere in the state or for other state operations. AISD will only get to keep 54 cents out of every tax dollar they raise.

The other issue is that the adjustment factors haven't been changed by the state to reflect the true cost of living in Austin.

Are Austinites greedy? No...the state hasn't left them with adequate funding for their schools. That's the real issue.

Autinites can all get together, liquidate some savings or sell some 401K bullshit shares----and pick up the slack.

No different than Europe can pick up the slack for foreign aid Trump cut.

But ----they are as greedy as Trump:)


Either way....nice to see CUTS in an area that is full of affluence and well deserced growth.

EchotaBaaa: "Either way....nice to see CUTS in an area that is full of affluence and well deserced growth."


More than half of the students in AISD are economically disadvantaged. Go look it up.

EchotaBaaa: "Either way....nice to see CUTS in an area that is full of affluence and well deserced growth."


More than half of the students in AISD are economically disadvantaged. Go look it up.
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Doesn't surprise me.

It's. Liberal bastion after all.

And all thsoe well to do professional Liberals - as usual don't give a shit. They just pretend to.

I dont need to look it up - I believe you.

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