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Tennessee legislature leaves problems for 2010
State lawmakers closed up shop for the year, having rewritten Tennessee’s guns laws, moved a step closer to passing a constitutional amendment on abortion and cut spending by state government by about 10 percent.
But immigration, higher education reform and the question of whether to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores are among the issues that remain unresolved as legislators leave the Capitol for the final time this summer.
A couple of things that should have been addressed YEARS ago, being put on the back burner again? What is wrong with this picture?
Here’s a couple of hints for the legislature….of EVERY state.
1. When it comes to immigration, the solution is quite simple. We have federal laws that prohibit folks from sneaking in through the back door. Enforce them. You find people here who don’t belong? Show ‘em the door, and slam it behind them. What could be simpler? You break the law, you get just punishment. You come legally…..Welcome! Now learn the language!
2. Higher education isn’t that difficult either. Trash the tenure B.S.! If you aren’t teaching ALL sides, you have no business being in education to begin with. This will also cut the costs of tuition. If you want to keep good educators, pay them well, but don’t fund their yachts, or pay for their same sex partner’s health care. Competition is a good thing, and it’s been removed from those so called institutions of higher learning. When it comes right down to it, we’ve got parents paying an enormous amount of money to give their kids a college education, and the kids come out even more stoopid than they went in. Ever watch “All Star Jay Walkers” on The Tonight Show? Jeeeez!
3. Put the bloomin’ wine on the shelves. We’re grownups, and should have the choice of whether we want to buy wine at the grocery store or have to waste gas driving all over town to get our cabernet to go with dinner….or not.
