Republicans devoted to keeping the poor poor

With Governer S. proposing huge education cuts and Republicans vowing not to raise taxes, the depressing result is that there may be dramatic cuts at schools across the state. California is 42nd in per pupil spending--which is particularly shameful when one considers the richness of our state and the high cost of living.

Here is a thoughtful analysis of the situation:

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/01/arnolds_year_of.html

Even more shameful are the funding disparities between urban schools (Berkeley is somewhere betwee urban and suburban) and affluent suburban schools. Of course, families with money in urban environments send their kids to pricey private schools and their influential voices and activism are lost to the community.

Does any reasonable person not understand that cutting school funding leads to eventual increasing funding for prisons.