When?

When will Tennesseans finally catch on to the destruction being wrought on the state by its elected politicians. When will Tennesseans realize the long-term damage being done to our state by legislators whose actions serve only themselves or their deep pocket donors.

We are the ninth poorest state in the nation. We are 44^th in education and 39^th in child poverty, with 26% of our children living below the poverty level. Instead of focusing their efforts on these issues, the ones that most affect the future of our state, our legislators spend their time waging war.

Instead of waging war on poverty, they wage war on the poor.

Instead of working to improve education, they work to privatize it so only the rich will have access to quality educations while the bulk of our children will be relegated to lower levels of quality.

Instead of feeding the poorest among us so they can come to school each day prepared to learn, they pass blame for poor performance on teachers, parents who work low paying jobs in an attempt to support their families, and anyone else they can effectively scapegoat.

When will Tennesseans finally take the steps needed to rid themselves of the self-serving legislators and lift the state up by its bootstraps?

November's a good time.