My problem is not so much the interpreters, I guess, its just one more line item in budgets that are out of control, and if we push back against any of it, we are told we are xenophobic, racist, whatever. Not totally new, I remember reading an article back when my kids were in HS in the Obama years that said Garden City KS (western KS, m…
My problem is not so much the interpreters, I guess, its just one more line item in budgets that are out of control, and if we push back against any of it, we are told we are xenophobic, racist, whatever. Not totally new, I remember reading an article back when my kids were in HS in the Obama years that said Garden City KS (western KS, meatpacking plants) school district had 35 languages spoken! Part of a controversy in KS at the time over 'underfunding schools' (which has been the mantra everywhere as long as I can remember - it's never enough). So multiply that cost by every school, every hospital, every government service. Somewhere, there is a tipping point where the cost of helping assimilate 13? million or more new residents starts to strain budgets, services to existing citizens, and our tax bill. Our property tax bill (~65% of which goes to schools) went up $1200 this December. Insult to injury when every other bill is going up and we had to dip into savings to pay the tax bill. We are lucky we have savings, some people are either going to have to sell or lose their homes because they can't pay the huge increases. And yet, the county is putting another tax on the ballot in April....and these so called refugees are also getting gov't checks, taxpayer funded services, and potentially voter ID's.
Oh yes I completely get where you’re coming from on that score and agree with your sentiments. The flood of non English speaking immigrants including children, must be stopped.
My problem is not so much the interpreters, I guess, its just one more line item in budgets that are out of control, and if we push back against any of it, we are told we are xenophobic, racist, whatever. Not totally new, I remember reading an article back when my kids were in HS in the Obama years that said Garden City KS (western KS, meatpacking plants) school district had 35 languages spoken! Part of a controversy in KS at the time over 'underfunding schools' (which has been the mantra everywhere as long as I can remember - it's never enough). So multiply that cost by every school, every hospital, every government service. Somewhere, there is a tipping point where the cost of helping assimilate 13? million or more new residents starts to strain budgets, services to existing citizens, and our tax bill. Our property tax bill (~65% of which goes to schools) went up $1200 this December. Insult to injury when every other bill is going up and we had to dip into savings to pay the tax bill. We are lucky we have savings, some people are either going to have to sell or lose their homes because they can't pay the huge increases. And yet, the county is putting another tax on the ballot in April....and these so called refugees are also getting gov't checks, taxpayer funded services, and potentially voter ID's.
Oh yes I completely get where you’re coming from on that score and agree with your sentiments. The flood of non English speaking immigrants including children, must be stopped.