Pick our fights and move to the states

 The issue is that the leftist illuminati, mainly in charge, doesn't see long-term enough to see that not IMMEDIATELY fixing the problem might keep the  problem from returning in the long-run. We'll see in the next few years if they catch on to that.

Our states -- and our municipalities -- are in fiscal crisis.

It looks based on the graphic, that 3/4s of the shortfall can be found in the 'Obama' states.

Here in Texas we do not have a shortfall as of now. So what's this "our" states, Kemosabe? It's their states, the states run by liberals, like the Democrat legislature in Cali. and their RINO Governor, or the all-Democrat legislature in places like Michigan and New Jersey.

I note this partly because this can be a 'learning moment' for people, if the connection between conservative governance and the avoidance of fiscal crises can be made in peoples minds.

In 2002, there was a similar fiscal crunch. States like Texas cut spending. States like Cali raised fees. The states that raised taxes had weak job growth since.

The fiscal crisis results from overspending and overtaxing.

It is called state-funded public works projects (the perferred means of pork for our state's politicians) and that usually means roads and bridges.  Every little two-bit, podunk town in this state wants a road that gives them access to a major state or federal highway, even if there is no good reason for it.  In fact much of the reasoning goes something like this, London got $500,000 in road improvements last year and their in southern Kentucky but eastern Kentucky doesn't get shit (not true) so the good citizens of  Hazard want $525,000 for road improvements this year. The state transportation budget, which finances these projects, gets bigger and bigger every fiscal year.    This often delays construction on actual neeeded road improvements. 

Moreover, we have a prevailing wage law that enshrines the union thug scam of the Davis-Bacon Act as the state level.  Driving up the costs by at least a third because they have to pay the so-called prevailing wage to any contractor who works ony state road project rather than fair market wages.  This has really been for the benefit of state AFL-CIO and their whores in the Kentucky Democrat Party because it means they can charge higher membership dues than the suckers in other unionized industries in the state.

Interesting this has pit the KEA (the state equivalent of the NEA) against the rest of the state's unions.  Many counties need new school facilties because many of them are still using small older building built during the Porgressive Era.  But few want to shell out the money for new school buildings, so the KEA figures if we repeal  the prevailing wage requirement it would signifcantly reduce the cost of a new school facility.

So we're taking a few casualties.  No need to cut 'n run gents!    Although we're all tempted to do just that at times.  Throw up our hands, turn and walk away.  

States can take care of themselves for now. The battle is to dislodge the transnationalists who've hijacked "our" GOP.   They've resigned themselves to giving over  some governance of our nation to foreign/outside org's/bodies.  They are the ones driving civic conservatives away from the party in droves.  Once (if) this battle is won, it will have a positive trickle down effect on the states.   The present battle that must be won is for the soul of the national GOP.  Darvin Dowdy