Saturday, May 16, 2009
'The mantra: No reforms, no new taxes'
Good columns here, here and here on pension abuses and the need for reforms, etc. But here's the depressing part: The same debate took place six long years ago. ... Maybe Deval can pull a Nixon-going-to-China move, i.e. only a Democrat can effectively demand reforms from the Democratic Legislature. But history shows that the Legislature, now controlled for 50 years by one party, holds the long-term edge in these battles, unless voters wake up to lawmakers' role in these abuses and their collective wear-'em-down strategy.
Good columns here, here and here on pension abuses and the need for reforms, etc. But here's the depressing part: The same debate took place six long years ago. ... Maybe Deval can pull a Nixon-going-to-China move, i.e. only a Democrat can effectively demand reforms from the Democratic Legislature. But history shows that the Legislature, now controlled for 50 years by one party, holds the long-term edge in these battles, unless voters wake up to lawmakers' role in these abuses and their collective wear-'em-down strategy.
