Or the Unions. Let’s face it, they’ve promised to throw a wad of cash into the elections. It’s sad when you have to tie a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you, but we’ve returned to the bad old days.
Always run a campaign as though you are 20 points behind in the polls and do not stop until the polls close at 7 p.m. There are still October surprises to come at the last minute when there is no time to refute the accusations — even if you have the money left to get the word out, there is no time.
Even if we get our candidates elected, it is up to us to make certain they understand that if they drop the ball, we’ll be looking to replace them next election. It’s only as good as we make it, folks.
The unions have already thrown wads of cash into the elections; if they do it this time they’ll be throwing good money after bad. The strong likelihood is that these public employee pension funds will go bankrupt as will many of the trades. The pensioners are likely to see both caps and significant payout reductions, along with COLA reductions. There is just no way around it.