In response to yesterday’s editorial “All we have to blame” — I say bravo, Technician. The GOP solution to everything: tax cuts, tax cuts and more tax cuts. Every once in a while they might throw in some reduced spending, but it’s not very often. Any time something breaks, what is their method of fixing it?

Tax cuts, which do nothing but put us further into debt. Tax cuts are like using marshmallows to fix a leaky dam. They’re weak and they don’t last very long. To the N.C. GOP: quit throwing marshmallows at our problems and start using concrete. Invest in our education system. I’ve been in the N.C. Public School System for over 16 years and I’m damn proud of the degrees I am earning from this University. Education is the light at the end of the tunnel for all of us. GOP, there is a reason why you’ve been out of power in N.C. for the last 100 years — you’re pretty terrible at fixing broken dams and building new ones. I don’t have the solutions for our state’s budget crisis and I don’t pretend to. However, I was not elected to fix our problems like the GOP was.

GOP: invest in our schools don’t take away from us the crucial funding we need to succeed in the classroom and out of it. Investing in our public schools is an investment in our and your future. We cannot compete with India and China if we don’t have an educational foundation. Now that you’re in charge, how about you actually give a damn; don’t just say you do.

Scott Moore

junior, computer engineering