Why can't the budget cuts be fair? All state funded programs should be cut at the same percentage. For example, twenty-percent across the board. No exceptions.

If broad based taxes are levied, there should be no exclusions. Everyone gets taxed at the same rate with no exemptions or refunds at tax time. 

Focusing on one segment of the working-class is unfair. Why should state workers have to suffer loss of income because our elected officials made unwise choices by giving tax credits to the oil industry, and bloating social program budgets? And, no, I don't work for the state. 

Let's face it, the government doesn't want to significantly reduce their social programs or they would've done so already. Nor do they want to use their cash reserves to pay for them. So that just leaves us. Doesn't matter if you work in the private or state sector. Taxation will hurt not only our families but the economy as well. We must demand significant reductions in social programs before they levy taxes.