Link to McArdle's article in Steyn post at NRO - not sure how to transfer the link.
That's a mental picture I could have done without.
“Not to be too gloomy, but the country feels like it’s seizing up. It’s as if California and New York have burst their bodices like two corpulent gin-soaked trollops and rolled over the fruited plain to rub bellies at the Mississippi. If you’re underneath, it’s not going to be fun.”
What a way with words! I love this guy. Thanks for posting. :)
This is true of course but Steyn could have easily added the fact that it will allow the Sacramento Thieves to continue on their spending binge with the bill to be paid by Obama. This is the solution to California's lament that it can't print money. Well, as we will see, it can via a surrogate in Washington D.C.
“The swimsuit round”
LMAO, Steyn always has that quintessential point of the knife to stick in.
The swimsuit round!! But there will be no Miss Congeniality.
There really ought to be some creative ways for productive states to divorce the coasts. Perhaps TX, OK, LA and AK should stop shipping all oil and gas products to these states that are at the forefront of blocking domestic oil and gas production. Other states may want to stop shipping grain and meat products to states that are enemies of modern agriculture.
After all, urban areas are dependent on rural areas for basic necessities of life. There is absolutely no reason for producers to continue to wear the “Kick Me” signs as the PETA/Sierra Club whiners get their punitive agendas passed by their allies in D.C.
"DeFacto", this has already taken place. Michigan's Governor Granholm used about $800 million in Federal Stimulus dollars to balance the 2008-2009 budget and there are already plans to use more stimulus money for the 2009-2010 budget. Then she term limits out and the stimulus money is gone. Then she comes back and runs for Senator and says things weren't as bad when she was Governor. And the incredibly uninformed "citizens" of Michigan will buy it lock, stock and barrel of crap. Where is our media and education system?
What do you suppose the fallout might be if California and New York (and perhaps Massachusetts and others) essentially declared bankruptcy and applied to the Federal government for a "bailout"? If you are not so unfortunate as to live in one of these terminally-mismanaged states, you may wind up even more unfortunate in being asked to pay for their folly and profligacy in the form of higher taxes and interest rates.
Like Mr. Stein, I live in New Hampshire, and in no way do I intend to pay to clean up California's mess. Federalism still means something (I think), and I would hope the residents of most states would feel the same way. Now, that would be a tax revolt to remember.
I’m in California and I want our state to fail. No bailout from the feds. I want every politician in Sacramento who voted for enlarging our already-obese government to suffer the blame and shame of being at fault for our state’s bankruptcy. Heck, this state’s been morally bankrupt for years. Might as well let the fiscal bankruptcy occur and maybe the voters will send the culprits packing back home with their tails between their legs.
Arnold is no better than Gray Davis. In some ways he’s worse.
If the federal government is going to illegally and unconstitutionally bail out the states, we might as well tear up the document and just let Obama do whatever he wants. Freedom and the rule of Law means nothing at that point.
Hey Arnold, how’s that governing from the middle working out for you? Now, wher is that Megan chic that keeps telling me the that the GOP needs to govern from the middle......
California didn’t vote no to taxes. They just voted no to them paying them.