
{"id":6491,"date":"2009-07-23T06:15:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T14:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2009-07-23T06:15:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T14:15:44","slug":"letter-cuts-risk-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/07\/23\/letter-cuts-risk-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Cuts risk too much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like most states these days, North Carolina is in deep financial trouble and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to make some tough choices. That said, cutting programs that are proven to benefit children and the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s economy, like Smart Start and N.C. Health Choice, just doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make economic sense. <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Perdue and other state leaders have begun calling for a balanced approach that includes new revenue and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t abandon our families.\u00c2\u00a0This is the approach we should take.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nCutting programs like Smart Start and N.C. Health Choice for Children will save money this year, but the long-term costs will more than outweigh the short-term savings.\u00c2\u00a0Without access to health care for their children, parents turn to emergency rooms when the flu turns deadly, which ultimately costs the state money.\u00c2\u00a0Without early-education programs to help children get off to a strong academic start, we run the risk of higher dropout rates, higher rates of drug use and increased juvenile crime.<\/p>\n<p>The result of drastic cuts in the programs that best serve our state and our children will be devastating and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll cost us more in the long run.\u00c2\u00a0Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face it, a balanced approach that raises revenue with judicious cuts is the best way to protect working families and avoid prolonging the recession.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nBecky Laskody<br \/>\nCarrboro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like most states these days, North Carolina is in deep financial trouble and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to make some tough choices. That said, cutting programs that are proven to benefit children and the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s economy, like Smart Start and N.C. Health Choice, just doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make economic sense. Gov. Perdue and other state leaders have begun calling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6492,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/6492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}