Yesterday I was pretty tough on the People's Governor, but there are some advantages to his populist crap.
Because of the correction in the housing market, which has hit Florida particularly hard, there is not as much money coming in to government as expected. Our great governor ordered state agencies to cut their budget by 10%. This is by far his greatest action as governor.
There is a bunch of stories out today talking about this event as if it were a strategy. Ex. "The demise of a popular antidrug program for children. Less money to care for adults with disabilities. No funds for a Tampa Alzheimer's research center, and more offenders released from state custody" (The Tampa Tribune). Do not be fooled. Once you stop thinking emotionally and start thinking logically you can see how great this is. The smaller the government is the better off the economy will be. Government spending has an adverse affect on the economy. As a conservative smaller government is our number one goal.
I congratulate the governor on this action. I know it only came about because of the shortfall in the budget. I hope for nothing more than for Crist to continue to order state agencies to cut their budget every year. If they did then we could eliminate some of the taxes that do so much harm to Florida's economy, like the corporate tax.
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