The Problem of Invisibility-Fees Edition

摘要

In recent years in local, state, and national politics, there has been taxpayer pushback against new or raised taxes, so the current climate is one of holding budgets level or making cuts. For many environmental health programs those cuts can mean personnel impacts because personnel costs are the predominant fraction of most budgets. In periods of budget cuts, the training line is often one of the first to be considered as expendable, which again leads to more staff stress.