I have to agree with Bryan @ Hot Air, the Dems in the Michigan Senate are pushing on into the realm of insanity.
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.
I know somehow, somewhere in their minds they have actually rationalized (and I use that term very loosely) that expense as “necessary” for the proper educational advancement and development of each and every child. I personally am amazed that I made it through grade school without L’il Kim and Snoop Dog blaring their views on ho’ing and pimpin over the instruction of dear old Mrs. Bullee (my 4th grade teacher). What will come next? Buying addidas and saggy-bottomed pants for every child.
Sadly, the iPod example is only one of the many insane ideas that the Michigan Legislature is floating for their budget. What’s even worse is that the Republicans don’t seem to be doing a whole lot better.
