Assignment #2 D.Feaster

In the article, Government has to make choices families, businesses don't written by Cindi Ross Scoppe talks bout how the economic problems that happen in South Carolina. The article was printed in "The State" newspaper on January 22, 2009, it states that the government does not have the right to ignore the consequences of its actions do to the economy. Scoppe also talks about how layoff are in the higher percentage we should cut out the other workers that are getting pay raises in order to keep people working. I believe that raising taxes should not even be a option, because if families can barley afford their gas and house payment what makes them think they can afford higher taxes. She also talks about if we were to raid trust funds should we stick to the smart fiscal policy of only using the money for the one time needs. Scoppe questions if we should cut back on the size of college scholarships to save money. I do not believe that we should it would only make the problem worse because most students depend on that scholarships money. Like Scoppe states "those college ids are a lot closer to becoming productive, tax-paying citizens." Both families and the government both needs to make some changes before the problems gets worse before it get better.