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2009-08-10 Economy

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-08-10 13:03|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Ah, come on, admit it. Your vision is Michigan, that model workers paradise. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-10 15:01|| 2009-08-10 15:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Experience counts. Back in 1991, the last time Sacramento encountered a budget crisis of similar proportion, then-Gov. Pete Wilson and then-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown could bank on a combined half-century of officeholding wisdom.

The benefits of term limits might be debatable but when a ballot proposition called for limiting the terms of state legislators I voted for it for the sole reason of getting rid of Willie Brown. And, as I mentioned once before, it is extremely difficult to unseat an incumbent because all the campaign contributions from unions and other special interests go to the incumbent. Then you get unknown, underfunded opponents crying in the wilderness about why they should be elected and nobody hears them. Think about it on a national level: if you had a chance to vote for a constitutional amendment to limit terms for the Senate and House of Representatives, would you consider the experience of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid as reasons to vote against it or would you leap at the chance to get rid of them? Throw out Lesson two. The only experience these people need is that of the voters spanking their butts and telling them NOT to raise taxes.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-08-10 15:29|| 2009-08-10 15:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The fact that Willie had a good grip on the short 'n curlies of most of the Legislature might have helped, too.

Posted by mojo 2009-08-10 16:49|| 2009-08-10 16:49|| Front Page Top

#4 ..Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid...

And remember they appoint committee chairmen and dole out staff authorizations, mostly to their own 'old guard' cronies. There is no old guard if there are term limits.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-10 18:45|| 2009-08-10 18:45|| Front Page Top

#5 the opposite of the "Summer of Love"

-"this ain't the summer of love"

Blue Oyster Cult

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-08-10 22:14|| 2009-08-10 22:14|| Front Page Top

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