We have come to the conclusion that the crisis Michigan faces is not a shortage of revenue, but an excess of idiocy. Facing a budget deficit that has passed the $1 billion mark, House Democrats Thursday offered a spending plan that would buy a MP3 player or iPod for every school child in Michigan.
No cost estimate was attached to their hare-brained idea to “invest” in education. Details, we are promised, will follow.
The Democrats, led by their increasingly erratic speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township, also pledge $100 million to make better downtowns.
Their plan goes beyond cluelessness. Democrats are either entirely indifferent to the idea that extreme hard times demand extreme belt tightening, or they are bone stupid. We lean toward the latter.
We say that because the House plan also keeps alive, again without specifics, the promise of tax hikes.
Ipods without copy protection for every kid would be great for education. Money is just a numerical number. Do not be fooled by the debt game. When money becomes valueless we change the game or go to war to keep the game fixed in our favor.
i live in michigan and i didnt hear of this. also i cant seem to make sence of it. IN THE END the whole U.S.A citizens will pay for the debt we are in. america owes 310 trillion? no problem gas prices will be up and people will pay for the costs
what is this? some sort of late april fool’s joke!?