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      <![CDATA[Falcon9 - I don't know where you are getting those figures, but they do not correspond to present reality, not at all! Our schools are ranked 50th in some studies, 49th in others.
        
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      <![CDATA[The legislators have found a way to ensure welfare for themselves and their staffs -- special sessions, for which they collect: housing allowances, per diem, travel allowances, and other perquisites. They can pay those costs themselves, thus saving one or two millions of dollars for the State to spend on other more useful expenses.
        
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      <![CDATA[The Legislature seems to have found special sessions a good way to generate income -- for them and their staffs: housing allowance; travel time; mileage for commutes to Phoenix; per diem; etc. Perhaps their voluntary contribution to the State economy can be to pay all those expenses themselves? That would free up another million or two million to relieve the budget deficit.
        
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      <![CDATA[No, we are not at the bottom of anything. Our schools rank 21st, mediocre but not at the bottom.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[tom]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Plus, the State of Arizona fails to properly tax (sensibly tax, compared to other states) many big corporations and special interests -- mines, agriculture and others. We give away money, to many big businesses, that most other states collect.<br>
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And so we are near "the bottom" when it comes to education, healthcare, public safety, transportation, almost all of the many things that governments are supposed to do, things that private markets do not do very well at all.
        
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      <![CDATA[Renee - this is a perfect, succinct summary. You are (unfortunately) spot on.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Pima Mujer]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I have a great idea. Let's each send the legislature a letter containing <br>
2 cents and tell them to get serious about the budget situation.
        
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