The Governor's quest for "flexibility"

In their quest for "flexibility" in dealing with the State budget, the Republican Wisconsin governor and the Republican-controlled senate passed a new law requiring a two-thirds supermajority, or a referendum, for raising taxes.

Wow, that's really flexible!

As has been pointed out, such governors are described by the media as "attacking yawning budget deficits by facing down public employees and promising not to raise taxes," which makes as much sense as describing them as "fighting the deficit by promising not to cut spending".

Something that everyone can agree on...

Is that there must be a special place in hell for Moammar Gadhafi.

Posters for Madison

Some ideas for posters at the Madison demonstrations:

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We're broke. Why?
Tax cuts, war, financial crisis (and more tax cuts).
Thanks, George W! (And Scott Walker.)
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Shared Sacrifice?
The Corporations and the Rich: tax cuts
Everyone Else: benefit, salary, service cuts
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Public employee unions

Joe Klein asks:

Public employees unions are an interesting hybrid. Industrial unions are organized against the might and greed of ownership. Public employees unions are organized against the might and greed...of the public?

Read more: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/02/18/wisconsin-the-hemlock-revolution/#ixzz1EcNvAiMb

Answer: against the might and greed of those politicians and millionaires who only want tax cuts and tax breaks, all the time.