Blog #6: Comment on a colleague's blog

The issue of illegal immaration across the teaxas boarders, the immigration activists push that the use of illegal immigrants is crutial in filling jobs in feilds such a construction. However I belive that with the continuing growth of illegal immigrants in this state it is taking away jobs that could go to the people who are native cititzens to the state.
If the sate were to step in and continue the push of anit-immigration into the state the jobs that were originally filled by illegal immigrants could go to the that of the people who have no job and need it who are citizens of the state. If the people that are citizens were to have the jobs that illegal immigrants do the money would be taxed and that would go back in to the economy which would stimulate the economy unlike the money being paid to the illegal immigrants which isnt being taxed.
Looking at both sides of the issue I support the anti-immigrationists who are continuing the push for more protection on the boarders to help lower the number of illegal immigrants into Texas. http://grosstxgovt.blogspot.com/

Blog #5 The Texas Senate's biggest spenders

I came across this article while lookin for an article for this assignment, The Texas Senate's biggest spenders. The article talks about how much the Senate spent from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010, in that fiscal year the senate spent 16 billion dollars on routine administrative and travel expenses. On average that is $500,000 dollars for every senator of a 31-member body according to the records of that year individual spending of the lowest spender was around $205,000 who didnt even serve a full fiscal year. Based on the needs of thir districts and the make up of the district each senator can spend the taxpayers money as he or she pleases. The senate puts no restriction on how many districts each senator can have so each senator can continue to spend as much of the taxpayers money they wish on "campaigns" to help them get elected. Senators also spend money on subscribtions to two newpapers so they are able to get their name out but these senators are such frugal spenders they dont take into consideration that the source of their money is coming from the very people they expect to vote for them but if the senators of these states countiue to spend the taxpayers this fugaly the people that vote for these senators will lose trust in the fact that the government is trying to help the economy yet countines to spend money like it grows on trees.