Last year, at budget time, liberals, democrats, a few RINOs, and even some chickens were asking where the cuts were. No, not cold cuts but budget cuts. The libs had just added another 10% to the state budget, and they wanted to know where, how, and what part of that we could possibly cut.
Let’s reminisce on the stupidity of that for a moment. They took the budget they had ballooned by 12%-13%, added another 10% to it, but had no idea where they could cut it under the growing umbrella of job losses in an economic downturn?
“Show us the cuts!” So we did. They ignored them.
Buckley, Sullivan, Larsen, Norelli, Eaton, Smith, and all the rest of our left-wing fiscal castaways who promoted or legislated more spending were still stranded on a Desert Island of their own making from whose only possible escape was a broad-based tax. To prove it, they lined up another few dozen smaller fees and taxes on the beach, like coconuts, to spell out the words “Show us the cuts.” They then ignored the cuts we showed them, acted like they didn’t exist, and instead added an exclamation point called the JUA money grab and the tent tax, then lit it all on fire with a small business tax.
They were very briefly, quite happy with themselves. But as it turns out, while people can be convinced to vote for Democrats when they are mad at Republicans, they still don’t like taxes and irresponsible spending and have forgotten that you can’t have one without the other. (See hypnotic gas spewed by Obamunism for some idea of how that happened) They also forgot that liberals have a hearing defect known as left-wing pattern deafness that not only prevents them from listening to constituent objections, it worsens as their majority grows. But midnight robberies and an LLC tax in a state where some 95% of business is a small business is just like passing a broad-based tax and killing job growth all at the same time, and none of the usual democrat memes could be made to fit into their growing budget hole.
What was once a mainstay of the home entertainment zeitgeist is about to be altered, perhaps forever. Blockbuster has announced that it may have to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Apparently the once mighty rental giant does not fall into the too big to fail category nor does it qualify for some kind of TARP-like bailout. Of course Blockbuster backing down on a buyout of Circuit City retail stores saw the end of that national chain, so it almost seems appropriate that the management of a company that would even consider buying Circuit City might face a similar fate.