In the land of warship building they had a bake sale for schools

[underpants]

The Newport News shipyard is the major warship builder in this country (and the people who work there make a good living-like in the "old days" )
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On Thursday outside Little Neck Towers on Virginia Beach Boulevard, a small crowd - including Grant - shared their worries over cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies.

The goodies were baked by the Virginia Organizing Project, a Charlottesville-based grassroots organization whose members say McDonnell's state budget proposals have left a bad taste in their mouths.

The state faces a $4.2 billion shortfall overall, and without a tax increase legislators must find another $2.2 billion in cuts. To close the gap, last month McDonnell proposed $731 million in cuts to public education and $316 million to health and human services.

The "Bake Sales for the Budget" - to be held in nine cities across the state, including Richmond and Williamsburg - are a distinctive way to make Virginians aware of what these proposed cuts mean, said South Hampton Roads organizer Teresa Stanley. The effort is also a symbolic way to show state legislatures that there are responsible ways to increase revenue rather than cutting funds from schools, health services and public safety.

"Of course we can't raise $4 billion for the shortfall, but we need to shed light on a balanced approach to revenue raising where its equitable and fair," said Stanley, who lives in Virginia Beach with her husband and four children. "They need to find a way where the burden isn't on lower- and middle-income families."
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/bake-sales-aim-find-money-plug-budget-gap

[pscot]

1. Close the prisons not the schools

Pay teachers now and we won't need prison guards.

[virgdem]

2. Nice to know that this is happening..

in my neck of the woods. I'm counting down the days that we can vote McDonnell out. He tries to come off as a moderate, but he's no moderate. I fear what he'll do to Virginia in four short years, but the pubbie yahoos in Virginia thought this guy was great. Go figure!!

[Fumesucker]

3. And I wouldn't be surpised if the baked goods cannot be made at home..

They must be commercial..

You might as well just give the school the money you were going to spend on the store bought cake and save everyone time and hassle.

[izquierdista]

4. This just may work

If the top 1% go on a diet that requires them to consume 1 million calories a day.