Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
I have to question the idea that the solution to every local budget issue is to demand money from Washington. Why should people in basically lawabiding states in the midwest or south have to subsidize the failed social engineering in NYC or California? If people in San Francisco think massive demonstrations are a good idea, why should some auto worker in Detroit have to pick up part of the tab? If states and cities are forced to fund their basic responsibilities themselves instead of getting a handout, they will learn to prioritize and operate efficiently or become uncompetitive. Why punish the rest of us for their stupidity in electing hacks like Willie Brown and Gray Davis?
Yeah, and get those farmers off the dole! And get all those poor white folk off welfare! And stop corporate welfare! Why should everyone else pick up the tab!
Let's force the east and west coasts to secede goddammit! Oops, can't do that, they provide a much greater per capita share of Federal tax revenue. Hey, why should NY and SF and LA pay a greater share of federal taxes. Why punish the rest of us cuz bubba and joe billy bob can't rub two quarters together!
Better hit the streets and demonstrate.
Rs7