Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Jan 15, 2009 1 Comment
The Governor gave his rather short State of the Union speech
today, where he cleverly said that we are in a "state of emergency"
— no kidding!
That said, I was annoyed that once again those of us who feel
that a crisis created by overspending should be solely resolved by
reductions in spending are classified as "ideological" (not that I
have trouble being called an ideologue) — but the way he says it
portrays ideologues as a negative influence on the public policy
process.
What is a ideologue? In my opinion, it is someone who has strong
convictions and beliefs, and stands by them, especially when all of
the special interests are bearing down upon you.
The Governor had no problem being an anti-tax "ideologue" when
he was campaigning for election and re-election. But now that he
has drank the public employee union Kool-Aid, about the need to
respond to respond to overspending with overtaxing, he feels the
need to paint loyal Republicans snidely as ideologues
Some things lend themselves to compromise, and some things do
not. Belittling those who feel that compromising on taxes is a
tragic mistake is no way… Read More