Six of One...Updated

I don't have the time to do an extensive post right now, but I just have to put this thought out there.

I just got done listening to the Governor's Q + A at a northside senior building today, in which he says that his problem with the sales tax increase is that the sales tax is

'A regressive tax that disproportionately affects low-income people'.

This from the same Governor that is proposing a massive gaming expansion in order to fund a capital bill. Does he not realize that gambling is the most regressive revenue generator out there?

Or is that only an issue when it's convenient for him?

UPDATE - I also picked up on this gem from the Governor:

To give seniors a free ride on public transportation, I don't think that takes a lot of political courage.

Correct. But to admit that it's a poorly thought-out idea, doesn't bear a rational relationship to needs or policy, was done outside the legislative process, and that the transit systems can't afford it - that does take political courage.

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