Budget cuts are bad

...when they hit programs you like.  Discussion of cuts in Indiana schools amongst Ag teachers.

My original question was; "What would this do to agricultural education?" In a normal setting in a normal year, ag teachers would be worried about whether money for reimbursement for schools for training vo-ag students would remain intact. This night I actually never got an answer to my question.
Why not? Because they were so dejected by what they feel could be the impending doom of all public education that this time they believe it's much bigger than themselves. They believe all teachers are under attack, not just ag teachers.  One person in the room is at a small school, the size Governor Daniels targeted for consolidation a year ago. He figures he'll still have a job next year, but his future after that, is very much in doubt.

There is little doubt that all public employees, not only all teachers, are under attack.  Big money interests have done a whale of a job pummelling the private sector and then pointing to the public sector and stoking envy in the private sector folks barely holding on to the middle-class dream.  They seem to be getting their way.  I would suggest driving around some of the ritzy suburbs and seeing who is really cleaning up.