Nevada Education

With the Nevada legislation in session and working on the budget, there is only so much in revenue to spread around. One of Nevada's oldest and most prominent senator's Bill Raggio spoke with Harry Reid and said the state government would have to spend $300 million more on higher and public school education to qualify for $509 million in economic stimulus grants for education. The money isn't there! Well hold on to your hat's everyone, get ready for Harry's response, it's coming, almost there, here it is;

"You are crying wolf before the wolf is at the door." Reid responded in the call from Washington D.C., with state legislators, Gov. Jim Gibbons and local government officials.

Now what kind of answer is that. Of the estimated $1.3 billion that Nevada would receive, $509 million of that is for education and is included in that number. It's not hard to figure out that if we can't spend an additional $300 million (there isn't any more money) we won't get the $509 million in the stimulus. And all Harry Reid said was you are crying wolf before the wolf is at the door? Unbelievable!!!!