Rick Perry and The State Budget

According to the Editorial Board, Rick Perry had made some great changes to the state of Texas. He managed to cut 15 billion dollars from the state’s budget without raising taxes, cut 4 billion dollars from public education, have women sign a sonogram before having an abortion, and voters must have a valid photo identification when he or she votes. Although the improvements seem a success, some people don’t agree to it. On the “cutting education budge”, Linda Bridge, president of Texas American Federation of Teachers, believe that this cut will lead to increasing unemployment of teachers and “abandonment of vital services to ensure students succeed”. However, the author respect Rick Perry’s decision and believes that “Perry shouldn’t be underestimated”.

I appreciate that he’s not raising taxes and these changes will surely benefit the higher (and middle) class individuals, but the big question is: how will this affect the poor? Being a college student, I know that these cuts will cause many students on financial aid to be higher in debt. A friend of mine, who works hard and effortful in school, was offered a full scholarship to her university last year. As for right now, her scholarship was cut in half and she misunderstood the action. She told me (and I quote), “I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what I should do”. It’s sorrow to perceive a negative outcome of her educational fund. There are other students like her that deserves a higher educational budget…but because of Perry’s decision, they’ll likely be in debt in the future. I just hope these changes Rick Perry has done to Texas will benefit our state in a more general sense.