Response #1

To prevent anymore drastic budget cuts in public education and safety; including the fire and police departments. The government devised a proposition that will be a temporary 1-7%  tax increase over the next 7 years to the wealthy persons in the U.S. personally i agree with this proposition because not only will it help our public safety perform to a higher potential but also it will mean a bigger budget for schools. I, being a full time student at Cabrillo College also being on Student Aid because my family has had its struggles, it means that i will be able to receive a little bit more money and to keep going to school, and also when i graduate from Cabrillo, university tuition will also be a little bit lower making it easier for me and my parents better afford higher education. Also including in prop 30 is a increase in sales tax, but being a minuscule 1/4 of a cent for every dollar spent. So it wont be that bad, but if prop 30 does not pass, that means a 6 billion dollar budget decrease in public education. Meaning that there will be less teachers, less subjects to study, and also lastly, which affects everybody, an increase in college tuition. Because of these budget decrease, that would mean more people leaving universities because it simply being too much money, they would try and go to community college to get a cheaper education. and because of this increase of demand, that means less students would be able to attend because there is simply not enough teachers and subjects to accommodate the increase in demand. But for the bad sides of Prop 30, the sales tax increase. Even though being such a small amount, it still does affect the way people will have to live. And it will affect small businesses because of what they have to buy from the big distributors, and that little 1/4 of a cent adds up. But with a little more economic struggle, comes the good because education will be cheaper and better. With all that said, i fully agree with Proposition 30 and what it is trying to do and fulfill although i have friends with parents that own their own successful small company.