One Year Ago Today

The last few nights at dinner we have had the local news on...  and local news includes New York State news.  The reporting seemed oddly familiar...  seasonal too.  Like - really - really deja vu - ish.  You know...  the story of the irresponsible government spending more than it makes...  need to cut things that matter...  leave handout programs and pork-fat programs everywhere...  need to tax people more instead of curbing spending in any meaningful way.

Cut the education system - the one ing that has the hope of providing a SMARTER future in this country...  why not - makes people more dependant on government if they haven't been taught to think for themselves...

Well - if it wasn't so close to Christmas, and I wasn't in such a festive mood - this could get ugly...  but instead, it appears it's now a seasonal poem I composed exactly one year ago today:

‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the State, Patterson’s proposed tax hikes dimmed the hopes of our fiscal fate. With complete disregard and little fore-sight, The un-elected Governor proposed a budget that was completely affright. While visions of savings danced in his head, The State Government would continue to operate deep in the red. More rapid than growth his taxes they came, all squeezing the little guy and decreasing his gain. No cuts, no slashes of all the State bloat – Kill education, cops and other programs that keep society afloat. “Eight percent a tune, the tax shall be, and on clothing and soda, I too shall levee!” As the Governor completed his holiday decree, I couldn’t help thinking, we all got screwed by Ashley Dupree.

Here's last year's post.