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| Michigan Dems: An iPod for Every Schoolchild |
| 2007-04-07 |
| Detroit News: An iPod for every kid? Are they !#$!ing idiots? We have come to the conclusion that the crisis Michigan faces is not a shortage of revenue, but an excess of idiocy. Facing a budget deficit that has passed the $1 billion mark, House Democrats Thursday offered a spending plan that would buy a MP3 player or iPod for every school child in Michigan. No cost estimate was attached to their hare-brained idea to "invest" in education. Details, we are promised, will follow. The Democrats, led by their increasingly erratic speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township, also pledge $100 million to make better downtowns. Their plan goes beyond cluelessness. Democrats are either entirely indifferent to the idea that extreme hard times demand extreme belt tightening, or they are bone stupid. We lean toward the latter. We say that because the House plan also keeps alive, again without specifics, the promise of tax hikes. The range of options, according to Rep. Steve Tobocman, D-Detroit, includes raising the income tax, levying a 6 percent tax on some services, and taxing junk food and soda. We wonder how financially strained Michigan residents will feel about paying higher taxes to buy someone else's kid an iPod. More boggle at link... |
| Posted by:Dave D. |
| #8 ...The real problem in Michigan is that something on the order of 75% of the state's population lives in Greater Detroit - and that beknighted city has been Moonbat Central for decades now. Combined with the fact that a Democratic party dictatorship (yes, that's the word that fits)has looted the city for years, the only real chance for the rest of the state is secession. Cut off the corner with Detroit, call it Saint Clair or Cadillac, and watch it sink. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-04-07 23:19 |
| #7 An iPod for every kid? Are they !#$!ing idiots? I am not an english expert but let me fix this sentence: An iPod for every kid? They are !#$!ing idiots! There thats better |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-04-07 21:06 |
| #6 "As to the iPods, what's their rationale?" Training. They're training the kids to be future Democrats: 1. Vote for the Democratic guy, and 2. In return, the Democratic guy gives you free shit and we all get to stick it to The Man. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-04-07 19:32 |
| #5 because, of course, the kids will listen to educational materials, like DNC podcasts..or, more likely, something else, like hip hop and rap whotta stupid f*cking idea |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-07 19:19 |
| #4 Why would Michigan want to provide every school child with a set of waterproof boots? :-) As to the iPods, what's their rationale? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-04-07 19:17 |
| #3 An iPod for every kid? Are they !#$!ing idiots? Yes, next question. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-04-07 19:12 |
| #2 Rubbers are provided by the Feds. Or at least they used to be. Here in King County there was a controversy a while back on providing hookers with condoms - at public expense. And not just any condoms but (as I recall) something like 90 different kinds and 'flavors'. All paid for by some federal public health program. King County contains the Peoples Republic of Seattle. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-04-07 18:40 |
| #1 What" No rubbers? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-04-07 17:26 |