[emorbimefed]

I will agree that it's often the Governor's job to make tough choices, but I find very few in government willing to say "no" to anybody, for anything. Want sidewalks in your neighborhood? Sure! Want street lights? But of course! Want parks? Yep. Want our school teachers to earn 6 digits? You betcha. More cruisers for the State Police? That, too. This goes on and on and on, and you end up with a never-ending spiral of spending and more spending and more spending...at some point -- at this rate -- the marginal tax rate on just about everything will be 100%. Of course, people are purposeful entities and have an interesting little habit of reacting to stimuli. People adapt to increased taxes. They move. They make choices in their spending habits. They close businesses. They move some things into the underground economy. What we will need (at some point, and why not now?) is to put a complete halt to all increased spending. From this point forward there should be no growth in ANY government spending, and any expense on A necessarily shall come at the expense of B, C, and so forth. If that means cutting the budget for street lights, then so be it. What do you want? Street lights, or schools? The days of having the cake and eating it, too, are eventually going to be OVER.