May 7, 2008
The Hits Keep Coming
I don't recall the name of the business, but I was driving along 71st Street the other day and saw a sign that offered jobs for "$6.75 and up." You know, $6.75 an hour wasn't a living wage 15 years ago.I saw a news report the other day that said the average household these days is carrying $8,000 in credit card debt. Home foreclosures are through the roof. Reports abound concerning the problems of food banks and their lack of inventory.
Kids today---even kids from reasonably affluent families---walk off university campuses with a diploma under one arm and a fat education mortgage under the other.
Gasoline is higher than a cat's back and seems to increase in price daily. Analysts are making noise about $200-per-barrel oil. That sounds like crazy talk. But then it sounded like crazy talk a couple of years ago when Goldman Sachs predicted oil would hit $100 a barrel.
Lord have mercy on us all if the price of a gallon of gas goes to 5 or 6 bucks.
Food prices are high and rising. Analysts expect food prices to continue to rise for several years.
In the richest nation on Earth, average people can't make a living anymore. And that's a bloody shame.
In the midst of all this, Tulsa Community College wants more money. It wants people to go to the polls on May 13th and vote a property tax increase on themselves. Hey, it's just 50 bucks a year for the average homeowner, they school argues. No biggie.
Well, 50 bucks a year might not be a big deal to educators. But to an average working person that has a real job out in the real world and is facing wolves at the door, 50 bucks is a lot of money. For an average person with a real job that can't afford to fill the family pantry, can't afford to fill the tank, can't afford to go to the doctor, can't afford to send a kid to college, can't afford to save for retirement, might not be able to make next month's mortgage payment and is living on plastic, 50 bucks is a lot of money.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step. Go to the polls on May 13th and tell TCC to sit on its request and have a nice spin.
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago on May 7, 2008
Re: The Hits Keep Coming
Was reading Batesline.com on this and he had a link to the Tulsa County Treasurer's webpage on Ad Valorem apportionment for the 2006-2007 year.
REF: http://www.treasurer.tulsacounty.org/TaxDistribution.asp
It's an amazing exercise in itself to look at this list of money.
The City of Tulsa gets about $35M. TCC, by itself, got just short of $30M.
Their current proposals would raise the millages by about 50%, from the current 7.2 to over 12 mills, when both the bond issue and the permenent assessment are included.
To me, that says TCC, by itself, would receive about $45M based upon the 06-07 listing, more than even Tulsa County received, and about 40% of what is given the entire Tulsa Public School system.
Enough isn't ever enough, and this just proves the theory.
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago by XonOFF • @ • • Reply
REF: http://www.treasurer.tulsacounty.org/TaxDistribution.asp
It's an amazing exercise in itself to look at this list of money.
The City of Tulsa gets about $35M. TCC, by itself, got just short of $30M.
Their current proposals would raise the millages by about 50%, from the current 7.2 to over 12 mills, when both the bond issue and the permenent assessment are included.
To me, that says TCC, by itself, would receive about $45M based upon the 06-07 listing, more than even Tulsa County received, and about 40% of what is given the entire Tulsa Public School system.
Enough isn't ever enough, and this just proves the theory.
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago by XonOFF • @ • • Reply
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