They can't afford to own a car, their children lack health care coverage, and they make do with low-quality child care or no child care at all at tremendous cost to them and to us all. Arizona's tax cuts have not lifted the well-being of our low income, working families. Arizona's tax cuts won't buy us a secure future. No matter how much we brag about Arizona's growth, we cannot repeal the business cycle. We should have learned a lesson from our last economic downturn.
Vibrant growth comes crashing down when there are no plans for the future.
We've been like a homeowner who has neglected a leaky roof. We've avoided spending some money in the short run, but we are poorly prepared to deal with the inevitable storm. And the problems we have deferred the foundation we have neglected will only worsen and erupt into expensive crises that we will lack the resources to resolve. Finally, and most importantly, Arizona's tax cuts have not bought us healthy, safe children. Scores of uninvestigated reports of child abuse and neglect have left thousands of children at unconscionable risk.