No glory for governors trying to do the right fiscal thing

[Swede]

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If you want to get national attention as a governor these days, don't try to be innovative about solving the problems you were elected to deal with - in education, transportation and health care. No, if you want ink and television time, just cut and cut and cut some more.

Almost no one in the national media is noticing governors who say the reasonable thing: that state budget deficits, caused largely by drops in revenue in the economic downturn, can't be solved by cuts or tax increases alone.

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The brave ones are governors such as Jerry Brown in California, Dan Malloy in Connecticut, Pat Quinn in Illinois, Mark Dayton in Minnesota and Neil Abercrombie in Hawaii. They are declaring that you have to cut programs, even when your own side likes them, and raise taxes, which nobody likes much at all. Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee has warned of possible tax increases too.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/02/AR2011030205530.html

[creon]

1. Responsible

You need to be a responsible adult about these matters.
And, do not be a petulant child like Walker.

[Drale]

2. I thank god Pat Quinn was elected and not Brady

because if Brady was governor, the bullshit thats going on in Wisconsin right now would be happening in my state as well.

[Angry Dragon]

3. This country should just get rid of all taxes as long as

everyone is saying that cutting taxes is good
Who needs those damn regulations anyway??