Bake Sale at the Courthouse

The Michigan State University Cooperative Extension (MSU Extension) is often unheard of. Funds go to a variety of programs including 4H and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. The MSU Extension also tackles issues such as nutritional and adult education, animal and wildlife safety, and supports land preservation programs. Our crop reserve programs provide money for landowners to keep the soil, plants and animals healthy and safe. The plan suggests that this is not ne

cessary and the twenty eight point six million dollars would be better placed in another area. Gov. Granholm would not be cutting only a small percent, but one hundred percent of the funding for the MSU Extension. Without these programs many farmers would not have the money to keep their crops growing and the wildlife sanctuaries would cease to exist. But then again is keeping our environment safe and protected really a priority. It sure doesn’t look that way.

Most jobs and careers nowdays require a degree or two and without money to pay for school many students stick to minimal paying jobs and hate their work. With out the arts instilled in people what are we going to do with our time and how are we going to express ourselves? If cuts continue to be made with no effort of fundraising by the government, within years our state as we know it will be gone. The land will be trash, animals gone or ill, and people unhappy and discontent for life. Is it worth it? Are there other options? Where do our priorities lie? Take a stand and let your representative know that they work for you, and that you do have a say in what goes on. Perhaps if there is no way for the government t cut funding else where they should hold a bake sale. Everyone else has to.

The arts programs have been facing financial problems since 1992 when the stat

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