Thursday, February 16, 2006

The Tower of Blago

When I heard Governor Rod Blagojevich’s budget proposal, I thought of the Tower of Babel.

In Biblical times those who thought they were in control of the world built the Tower of Babel.

Man said,

Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves…
Let us call the Illinois version the “Tower of Blago.”

After it is built, Blagojevich wants to run for national office.

While the Biblical tower was constructed of brick, Illinois Democrats are constructing their Tower of Blago out of sugar.

Some of the sugar cubes from this year and before include
· universal pre-school for 3 and 4-year olds
· universal health care for all children, whether or not they are legally in Illinois
· selling state assets like the college student loan portfolio
· undelivered flu vaccine
· selling the James R. Thompson Center
· selling the Tollway headquarters
· doubling state debt
· $1,000 tax credits for B college students
· selling the 10th casino license with proceeds to prop up state pension funds
· state subsidy for stem cell research, this time by law, rather than Executive Order
· local state-financed police
· multi-year pension holiday
· fuel-efficient car rebates
· an end of business as usual
The elements have eroded the Tower of Babel.

The Democrats’ Tower of Blago will melt away, too.

The result will be a sticky mess.

Our money will stick to that mess.

The sticky melted sugar will require tax hikes.

But, that’s what Democrats are all about, isn’t it?

Also posted on McHenry County Blog.

1 comments:

Bill Baar 6:05 AM  

...I just thought deep bs. Talk too people on the street about him and Dem and Reps alike agree he's phoney. No one excited about any opponents, but every sure agrees this guy's faking it.

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