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Reader applauds cuts to Pa.&rsquo;s school spending
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski was bashing the governor for cutting educational spending. Well, I applaud the governor for these cuts. It is about time.
 When teachers get paid $60,000 to $80,000 a year for 180 days &ndash; and six hours of work in those days &ndash; enough is enough.
Mr. Pashinski, you were a fantastic educator who got results. Most of the teachers in your era were the best educators in the business. That is not the case today. Our educators and administrators are full of excuses today.
I remember going to school with 32 kids in each class; now we have roughly 25 kids, and all the teachers whine that class size is too big. If the teachers cannot do the job, give them the boot.
 When they perform and kids start getting a quality education, then give them the money they deserve. Until then, governor, keep cutting. 

Philip Cardinale

Nanticoke
Leftist attack on states&rsquo; voter ID laws decried
Once again we have a letter from a leftist organization using false information to try and rally opposition to the state&rsquo;s proposed voter ID law. This time it is Alana Miller, of PennPIRG.
Contrary to what Ms. Miller states (&ldquo;Save money, time on real problems facing Pa.,&rdquo; Aug. 31), mandating that all voters show a valid, government ID is a step in the right direction, and one that should have been taken years ago.
The statement that the law will cost millions, in one estimate $10 million, to implement is unfounded.
 Nor will the law suppress voters. In fact, in states in which the law already has been in place for years, the voter turnout has risen. The left-wing organizations that took the matter to both state and federal courts have lost every case due, in no small part, to the fact that they cannot provide one voter who was denied the right go vote under the mandate.
I have no doubt there is fraud going on. The problem is the state&rsquo;s election statutes, which I have read, make it virtually impossible to prove the acts are being perpetrated.
Also, what Miller fails to note is that anyone needing a photo ID will have one issued to them at no charge. 
Photo ID has become a de facto mandate over the years and they are required for everything from cashing a check to boarding a plane. A photo ID is mandated when buying a firearm, which is as much a right as is voting.

David Kveragas

Newton Township
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