Posted by Ray Haynes at 12:00 am on Mar 28, 2008 Comments Off on Getting the History Straight
I usually don’t comment on commentators. Most of the
commentators in Sacramento are lefties or Democrat leaning, and so,
are wrong, and not worth the time of commenting. One that
hits things right some of the time, however, is Dan Walters.
He has inside information, years of insight, and a fun writing
style. Sometimes he pontificates too much, but he is worth
the read.
If he has any faults, however, it is his idea that the system is
Sacramento is broke because "both sides" are at fault. He
said today that the current budget crisis is the responsiblity of
both parties because the Democrats spent too much, and
"Meanwhile, Republicans have been blasting away at the Democrats
for squandering years of revenue increases and ignoring their own
role of demanding unaffordable tax cuts." What? First,
let’s inspect the comment. Demanding unaffordable tax cut
does not a tax cut make. How can the state be in a deficit
for tax cuts demanded, but not enacted. Quite simply, it is
not. I can understand wanting to attack Republicans and
Democrats alike, but the better attack is not that Republicans
asked for tax cuts they did not… Read More
