Guardian: Oklahoma isn't working.

[Bunty]

I suggest raising the pay of legislators to $50,000 in order to get more people to run. But then it can probably be said the current pay and benefits for legislators are higher than what many Oklahomans get from their jobs.

I'll consider running for state senator in 2020, if no other Democrat is willing to run. The current Republican senator, who was quoted as saying, "We need to ensure Oklahoma's economy has stabilized before additional revenue reductions are enacted," should not be spared the luxury of having no opponents to worry about on election day.

[TheTravellers]

Oklahoma Is Not OK

Subhead is "Low tax rates, failing public services, and a governor who thinks prayer will fix the budget deficit. Why can’t Oklahoma get it together?" Hopefully we don't end up in the spots MS, AL, and LA generally do in polls (last in the good polls and first in the bad ones), although we're #1 in cutting education, so we're on our way there...

Haven't listened to it yet, but will try tonight or tomorrow.

[Bunty]

Oklahoma Is Not OK

Subhead is "Low tax rates, failing public services, and a governor who thinks prayer will fix the budget deficit. Why can’t Oklahoma get it together?" Hopefully we don't end up in the spots MS, AL, and LA generally do in polls (last in the good polls and first in the bad ones), although we're #1 in cutting education, so we're on our way there...

Haven't listened to it yet, but will try tonight or tomorrow.

I listened to it. Didn't get much out of it from what I've already heard. I think most Oklahomans feel they're doing quite okay in Oklahoma. If I'm wrong, they shouldn't embrace the incumbents in the legislature once again on election day 2018.

It's generally only Oklahomans who rely upon the state for important needs who are really suffering, such as teachers and poor people. A single poor person with no children is only going to get $16 a month in food stamps. Poor working people need to join teachers in fleeing Oklahoma. The min. wage in Colorado is $9.30 to go up to $12.00 in 2020, compared to $7.25 in Oklahoma. Just stay out of Denver. The cost of living there is too high. Or move to Nebraska where the min. wage is $9.00 with cost of living similar to Oklahoma.

I also think many Oklahomans don't have much empathy for the less fortunate, as the audio brought up, especially when the source of help is from government.

[Bunty]

Outrage at low property taxes, yet none at the regressive tax on groceries. Go figure.

Oklahomans seem to tolerate it pretty well. They probably thought abolishing tax on food means it would have to be made up somewhere, such as a sales tax on every kind of service. So they figured.