Michigan Says Yes to Budget 

Michigan has approved a budget that doesn’t make anyone happy. Because of the shortage in this year’s budget, this state is putting forward a cut on spending for education. The Michigan Legislature has voted to cut public school funding by the equivalent of $165 per student for the academic year that is currently ongoing. Teachers, already being underpaid, know that this does not bode well for them or for their futures. 

Many parents are upset because they say that education is the first thing to be cut. They argue that there are many other areas of wasteful spending within the state budget that could be cut instead of cutting education funding once again. You have both sides agreeing to a budget cut for education in as far as Democrats and Republicans are concerned, but parents are outraged. 

Many say that if they were to allow the tracks to bring in slot machines that their budget worries could be over. There are several games that’s would not be the same as Class III Vegas type slot machines but would still bring in a huge amount of revenue for the state. They argued that these slot machines would be able to raise millions of dollars needed so that funding for schools would not be cut. 

Opponents of the plan say that no matter how much money comes in from the slot machines it is not worth the trouble that they would bring with them. They argue that crime and corruption would run rampant throughout the state if the slot machines were legalized. However, parents argue that those that are most concerned with that crime and corruption they say probably don’t have children in those schools that are being cut.