<p>Chancellor White's entire speech to the president of the UC system and his fellow Chancellors can be read here: UCR</a> Budget News & Information: Presentation on Impact of Budget Cuts at UCR</p>
<p>His closing comments, in particular, are worth thinking about:</p>
<p>"But let me be clear, we are focusing on the least lousy decisions, and let me be clear that I and my faculty, staff and leadership are working day and night to generate new resources for our future while we are making necessary cuts and crafting innovative efficiencies.</p>
<p>Let me be clear, we will be strategically poised on the backside of this contraction to continue our climb to preeminence.</p>
<p>And let me be clear, there are no white flags at UCR. I promise that to you The Regents, and to my faculty, staff, students and community stakeholders."</p>
<p>If I were a student at UCR I would be encouraged by these remarks. As a student, I would also be thinking that, from the standpoint of my future, he is the right man, at the right place, at the right time.</p>
<p>So, he’s saying that even though the budget and class structures are screwed over, the university is still gonna work its butt off to make sure things still go well</p>
<p>Is it possible for UCR to get any national aid?</p>
<p>I really like Dr.White. I think he is going to help UCR.</p>
<p>Even with the existing faults with the UC-system and the horrible economy, I think that this level of determination at UCR is quite impressive. It seems more… believable and earnest than the “No money equals more cuts – too bad, so sad” feeling that I get from public statements from other higher authorities.</p>
<p>Education is being bludgeoned with the short end of the stick. We’ll see how these circumstances and level of determination factor into actions and effects for the next year (or more).</p>
<p>Although I don’t think we can really complain about the budget, California is bankrupt and like 40 percent of its budget goes to education already…</p>
<p>I really think Cali should declare bankruptcy. If the 2nd biggest car company in the world, GM, declared a state should. That is the only way to rescue Cali. It’s the only way to get the Fed involved. California has been screwed since the days of Wilson probably longer. We have spent so much money that we dont have. Raising taxes and stealing cash from cities is no way to save the state. You wouldn’t steal cash from a smaller sibling to pay your own debt would you? By raising taxes you are delaying the solution of getting the economy stimulated. Education is the first thing to get cut for many reasons. K-12 student cant vote and college students often dont vote. You dont hear that senior citizen care gets cut as much . Why? cause old people vote young dont. Us, college students can be the solution. There are 400,000 students in the UC system about 1 mil in CSU and 3 mil in the ccc. That would make a good percentage of the registered voters in Cal. Just look at UCR it has a pop of 18000 and the city of rside has a pop of 300,000. locally thats 6% of the pop in Rside. That is enough to change an election. Forexample if McCain would have had an extra 6% in the pop vote he would have won the pop vote.</p>
<p>I’d rather blame voters</p>
<p>they’re stupid enough to vote no on every proposition to cut back on our budget, and even more idiotic enough to vote yes on a friggin super train </p>
<p>WE DON"T HAVE MONEY YOU IDIOTS</p>
<p>yeah. But i was against all but two the more funding for cops and Cal vets programs. Since the cop on was like 5 mil in fed grants and Cal Vets would make a profit. I dont think raising taxes would have helped. It will cause businesses to leave and slow the economy. When it comes to government I get really conservative when its govt spending but socially I more open :P</p>
<p>Kinda agree with Jason’s post about Cali going bankrupt. Money has been spent that we don’t have for many years… now the problem is escalating. Too many social programs, etc. </p>
<p>Raising taxes will not solve the problem, it would just prolong the problem. A lot of democrats say “Hey if we want more programs, just raise the taxes on rich people some more.” It doesn’t work like that, and there is no way we can fund our current state and federal programs solely by raising taxes. Programs need to be cut, and they are.</p>
<p>well taxes have already been raised, and we’re already in an economic dump</p>
<p>So I still blame voters</p>