Thursday, February 19, 2009
Rare bit of truth
On CNN just now, Evan Thomas said: "California is locked-up and ungovernable."
The host tried to dismiss him with a chuckle, but it's the plain truth. Same for our federal government. Frozen in place, incapable of taking the obvious steps to fix the problem, only able to spend more more more more more more more more more more more imaginary "money".
Most of the states are still functioning, but Calif and USA have already collapsed.
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Washington state is an outstanding example of a still-functioning state. We're looking at a small deficit; small because Gov Gregoire has been cautious and frugal while maintaining a fairly liberal set of social programs and a tolerable level of taxation. Yesterday Gregoire gave a speech defining what the state and the people must do now, to minimize the deficit and survive the mess.
Video here.
A few highlights:
"What we're doing today is a representation of this Washington. And this Washington has passed these bills in a bipartisan way. ... We're determined that we're going to end up in the black. We still have a rainy day fund, that we've not touched, that's got about $430 million in it. That's very good news. Most states that are struggling don't have any additional resource to tap. We do."
California, Kansas, and other states with incompetent or insane governors really need to study Christine Gregoire. This is how a perfectly competent governor works. ¶ 9:37 AM
The host tried to dismiss him with a chuckle, but it's the plain truth. Same for our federal government. Frozen in place, incapable of taking the obvious steps to fix the problem, only able to spend more more more more more more more more more more more imaginary "money".
Most of the states are still functioning, but Calif and USA have already collapsed.
= = = = =
Washington state is an outstanding example of a still-functioning state. We're looking at a small deficit; small because Gov Gregoire has been cautious and frugal while maintaining a fairly liberal set of social programs and a tolerable level of taxation. Yesterday Gregoire gave a speech defining what the state and the people must do now, to minimize the deficit and survive the mess.
Video here.
A few highlights:
"What we're doing today is a representation of this Washington. And this Washington has passed these bills in a bipartisan way. ... We're determined that we're going to end up in the black. We still have a rainy day fund, that we've not touched, that's got about $430 million in it. That's very good news. Most states that are struggling don't have any additional resource to tap. We do."
California, Kansas, and other states with incompetent or insane governors really need to study Christine Gregoire. This is how a perfectly competent governor works. ¶ 9:37 AM
