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	<title>Comments on: Isn&#8217;t this being a gutless wonder?</title>
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		<title>By: John Konop</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Konop</dc:creator>
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		<description>Would it not make more sense to increase service fees or user fees based on cost and decrease statewide income tax? 

The real issue is people want the service without the cost. And with all the money flowing to the federal or state government the local citizen does not understand the cost verse reward proposition. 

It seems part of the problem is because of the rob Peter to pay Paul system that has no controls.

For example in most cases we have under utilization of Tech schools yet we build more High schools and hire more teachers. And this behavior is based lack of carrots and sticks to modify responsible behavior with tax payers’ money.

If you look at the redundancy in education alone it is scary. We have a system that the federal government pushes unfunded mandates on the State and the State pushes on the local communities. 

Now we have bureaucracy cost at the federal level that created bureaucracy at the State level which pushes it down to the county level and onto the schools.  And we have Kathy Cox and Sonny Perdue with two different staffs also in the equation. 

Multiple this times every area with no one accountable from top to bottom and now you know why it is a mess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would it not make more sense to increase service fees or user fees based on cost and decrease statewide income tax? </p>
<p>The real issue is people want the service without the cost. And with all the money flowing to the federal or state government the local citizen does not understand the cost verse reward proposition. </p>
<p>It seems part of the problem is because of the rob Peter to pay Paul system that has no controls.</p>
<p>For example in most cases we have under utilization of Tech schools yet we build more High schools and hire more teachers. And this behavior is based lack of carrots and sticks to modify responsible behavior with tax payers’ money.</p>
<p>If you look at the redundancy in education alone it is scary. We have a system that the federal government pushes unfunded mandates on the State and the State pushes on the local communities. </p>
<p>Now we have bureaucracy cost at the federal level that created bureaucracy at the State level which pushes it down to the county level and onto the schools.  And we have Kathy Cox and Sonny Perdue with two different staffs also in the equation. </p>
<p>Multiple this times every area with no one accountable from top to bottom and now you know why it is a mess.</p>
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