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« Burrillville man dies after Saturday car crash | Today | Central Falls police name suspect in shooting » March 5, 2008Brown hosts panel talk on state budget deficitAcademics and policymakers are getting together tonight to discuss the state’s budget deficit. Representatives from the state Department of Revenue, Rhode Island College, the Poverty Institute and the National Education Association are meeting for a panel discussion at Brown University. The discussion, sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy, is free and open to the public. It’s set to start at 7 p.m. in 117 MacMillan Hall on Thayer Street between Waterman and George Streets. Darrell M. West, Taubman director, will moderate. Panelists are: Gary Sasse, director, state Department of Revenue; Linda Katz, policy director, Poverty Institute, Rhode Island College; Paul Choquette Jr., chairman, Gilbane, Inc., and Bob Walsh, executive director, National Education Association. Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsRichard | March 5, 2008 12:00 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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To describe Bob Walsh as an expert on anything is a simply a joke. The only thing he is knowedgeable on is selfishness.
As for Linda Katz, one has to admire her dedication to her vocation, but be unimpressed with her lack of a broad perspective; a disease that afflicts the entire Poverty Institute management. What can you say about a group that ignores the fact that from both a public and private aspect, support for the poor in Rhode Island ranks among the top states in the union, yet when they are asked to share the burden of the deficit, they are out there whining about cutbacks. And where are they on support for their own RIC and higher education where Rhode Island has historically turned in one of the most dismal performances in the nation???
I wouldn't waste my time on such a conference. It will accomplish nothing!
Solving the budget deficit requires systemic changes and pain for some groups, a situation that politicians like to avoid like the plague. Until you change that behavior, embracing a new approach to the state's budget is hopeless. The Pew Foundation didn't give Rhode Island government a poor grade for nothing!!