Nothing better encapsulates our leadership problems in Austin than Gov. Rick Perry's refusal to accept $550 million from the federal government for unemployment assistance.
To make a political statement, Perry instead turned a huge and unnecessary debt over to the state's employers, including small business owners, during a tough economic climate.
There's no doubt the fight he picked with Washington was positive politically for the governor. It got him on TV. And talk radio. And it started him hinting about secession from the union, leaving most Texans and most Americans scratching their heads.
But was all this show business good for Texas?
Perhaps after 16 years our senator has spent too much time listening to the arguments of the grow-government left in the District of Columbia.
It would have been irresponsible to take those federal UI dollars. Frankly, it represents a lack of leadership to have voted against in the Senate what she now demands Texas to have accepted. And it is always poor judgment to cede the state's clear authority over such matters to Washington, and certainly to the Obama Administration.
As one who has long admired Sen. Hutchison, her original silence on matters concerning the state was far preferable to this sudden cheerleading for what is clearly the most fiscally irresponsible position.
I totally agree. KBH is the dragon lady.
ReplyDeleteFinally this site says something everyone can agree with. I guess the word that Todd Olsen runs this site and that he's on his way out as well with Terry "Palin Hater" Sullivan has his own mail shop means that Todd's site no cuts against the hand (KBH) that was feeding it.
ReplyDeleteHERE HERE! I thought you were going pro-KBH on us, and then you drop this bomb. You said what we are all thinking. SHUT UP is right.
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