I want a firefighter or a cop when I call 911.  I want my H20 safe to drink,  roads  that are safe to drive, good schools and a good  university so that  there is an educated workforce.  I pay  taxes and I am willing to pay more to ensure that my family and community are safe.  Oil companies paid for all of this in years past. They still play an important part in our future. However they no longer  can carry the load alone. Everybody needs to pay some for needed services.  This includes non-resident workers. If you have  a specific cut, than bring it up, but to just  say cut waste and  lower salaries is at best useless and at worse prevents real solutions from being implemented. The worse solution to avoid taxes is to take the money from our kids savings fund for operational costs with the hope of some future solution.