Comments on: Kansas Gov. Sebelius (D) Responds to Pressure by Releasing Hostages, Averting Disaster

By: Adjoran

Adjoran — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:36:35 +0000

has done the exact same thing: as revenues rose sharply with the economic growth from 2003-2007, they spent every single dime that came in.

In South Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford has warned for YEARS about the profligate spending, that the revenue would not always flow ever deeper, yet the legislature – controlled by Republicans – overturned veto after veto. Then, when the proverbial chickens come home to roost, they are faced with “drastic” and “draconian” measures.

Cry me a freakin’ river.

If we cannot keep a lid on government spending in a conservative state like SC, with a fiscally responsible Governor, is it any wonder spending in Washington rolls along like a runaway freight train?

By: DerKrieger

DerKrieger — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:41:15 +0000

…Governor the one with the checkbook in KS? If not then who was it in the KS legislature that sent an oversized budget to Sebelius?

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:03:24 +0000

By: Kowalski

Kowalski — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:00:51 +0000

I’m very glad to see this but there wouldn’t have been any need for the media show and the grandstanding if state legislatures just took it upon themselves to be responsible in the first place.

Think of all the anger that could be prevented from happening if, during an economic downturn, our legislators just decided to be honest? Think of how much heartbreak and bad feeling it would prevent if they just acted like adults in the first place, a little more of the time.

My sincere belief is that the United States would be facing about 1/10th the trouble it is right now if our elected officials could act like adults about 25% more of the time.