This is the problem with pragmatism! The principles of limited government just gets flushed down the toilet when the businessman/politician start eyeballin those inordinately low interest rates. Principles be damned!!!
"We need not worry at those rates! We can make everybody happy by solving all the problems without raising taxes or cutting spending!" (they say)
The insanity goes into complete OVERDRIVE!!! (with an "R" headline!!!)
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050924/NEWS01/509240330/1001
Support builds to buttress levees
Stockton Record, CA
Hank Shaw, Capitol Bureau Chief
Published Saturday, Sep 24, 2005
SACRAMENTO -- Momentum is building for a massive state bond to fix California's roads, bridges -- and aging levees.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signaled support for the idea in an interview with The Record on Wednesday, and Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata said Friday he's edging closer to winning critical support from Republican lawmakers. The bond proposal also includes money to retire polluting diesel engines.
"It's kind of like selling air conditioning in the Sahara. People get this," Perata said in an interview. The Alameda County lawmaker said he had expected that the $10.3 billion proposal -- which includes $1.2 billion for levees and flood control -- he unveiled in February would need time to marinate with his colleagues.
"Now we are getting around to talking about our top priorities," he said.
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I'll assume 17 was directed at me. Why the hyperbole? I never said you were out of your mind. Dial it down a notch. "Maniac?" Again, overblown rhetoric. Can't points be made without resorting to extreme arguments.
I get that you're not pro-Republican. At this point I, as a former Democrat, am an almost solid Republican vote. I write letters to my local paper criticizing liberal nuttiness, which was a full-time job in Davis. You should be happy to have me.
I don't understand why when I say something pro-Arnold I'm swarmed on by, well, Wasps. Fresh meat? I'm sure we agree on far more than we disagree.