Let's be fiscally conservative if that's what a majority determines through the political process. This is beyond irresponsibility. We should take a hard look at the statistics and determine what makes Arizona rank so low and try to do something about it. We can argue about the money later. Consider the increase in the welfare of Arizona children if Jeffrey Flake's salary, now allocated to unproductive activities, was instead used to feed poor children nutritious meals so that they can grow up be productive Arizonans.
Controversial incentives are to be offered to private enterprises to encourage cost-cutting.
According to Patterson, these contractors are expected to hire some of the 300 state workers who now handle welfare administration. Moreover, the legislature could provide notoriously lowpaid Arizona state government managers and employees with a generous incentive bonus plan like private enterprise does. Any public effort to help the poor raises his ire. I have never had a client even ask about interest on trust account funds in nearly two decades of law practice. More likely, the lawyers will profit by obtaining the agreement of the client that interest earned on trust fund money becomes an additional fee for administrating the client's trust funds or some other nonrefundable retainer-type contracted fee.