State Legislators Make the ‘Tough Choices,’ Toss Most Vulnerable
Children to the Curb  Aug 26th, 2011 | By | Category: CPS, state
budget  From editorials to television appearances, Arizona’s
Republican legislators keep touting the “tough choices” they
made, the ones that balanced the budget and got our state on the
“right track.”  So what were some of those “tough choices?”  One
included increasing the budget for prisons. Yes, prisons.
Apparently, locking people up is preferable to educating them.
And if we can lock them up in for-profit prisons, the ones that
have a long history of safety issues and are actually more
expensive than state-run facilities, well, all the better.  And
if the private prisons contribute handsomely to state
legislators and the governor, why oh why wouldn’t we conclude
this was one “tough choice” that had to be made?  Another “tough
choice” included the continuation of tax loopholes that allow
upscale spas and other types of high-end services to avoid sales
tax while cities, whose fu