Or even a dead stream. Or a dried up stream. In any case, for workers in this once prosperous state, they will be swimming upstream while the good ol' guv decides to shrink the state government enough to drown it in a bathtub:
In a special “State of the State” address, the first-term Republican also announced a Feb. 23 special legislative session to deal with the state’s worsening money problems.
“We are working on solutions to turn this recession into an opportunity to reinvent our state’s government,” Gibbons said in the televised speech. “The dire economic situation we are facing now requires immediate action.”
A staunch no-tax proponent, Gibbons said the state must make tough decisions, and raising taxes is not an option.
“Society is changing. State government must change with it,” he said. “We must focus on the important services which ensure life, health, education and public safety.”
Programs that “make some people feel good” but are unaffordable need to be eliminated, he said, adding, “We must cut government spending to ease the burden on our citizens and our businesses.”
Of course there needs to be more taxes levied on the rich and businesses, but it will never happen here.
The state is dying on the vine...
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