A Confirmation of Crazy!

I had the opportunity to sit down with Colin Bonini last evening and listen to him discuss some things going on in the State Senate. Most of our State leadership is certified, card carrying NUTS! Craziness Abounds in DOVER!!!!

Even though Delaware has been told that there is NO STIMULUS MONEY coming in 2010, our State Legislature continues to spend with the mindset of "Don't worry, we'll find the money to pay for it somewhere". How can anyone charged with representing the citizens of Delaware vote to spend money that doesn't exist? We simply don't have the income to sustain spending yet the Governor submits a budget that exceeds last years! (By the way, Stimulus Money balanced last years budget).
Senator Bonini made it clear that leadership in Dover has to make some very tough decisions in the near future or face catastrophe in the "not too far off". Senator Bonini seems to be one of the FEW responsible Legislators now in existence in Dover.

Almost half of every tax dollar goes toward State Employee salary and benefits. The State has become the largest employer in the State. This is NOT A GOOD THING!!! While great people work for the State, it is evident that there has been a failure to bring good paying jobs to Delaware over the last 20 years. In fact, just the opposite has happened, good employers have left the State and continue to leave the State for a better business environment elsewhere.

Delaware has one of the highest per-citizen expenditures of all 50 States. This has been created by the "Tax & Spend" mindset of our past and current leadership and has led to our becoming a literal "nanny state". Our current path is not sustainable!!! The solution which will be brought to the floor almost certainly AFTER THE ELECTIONS is to raise taxes! This will drive our state's near dead economy even closer to the brink of disaster.

Our founders believed that our country and our state should be the land of opportunity. The opportunity to succeed, not a guarantee of success. We need to enable the "American Dream", not finance it. Delaware is a great state, and was once a leader. Twenty years of limited foresight and undisciplined fiscal policy have led us to the brink of financial ruin. Most economists are predicting a "Double Dip" recession which will be deeper than what we have been laboring through. Common sense would say that we need to CUT spending, and hold off on ANY NEW spending until our economy begins to grow. By the way, Delaware's economy is stagnant as compared to a majority of the other states in the Country! We have seen literally no growth while many others are seeing their economies begin to grow.

Please do your part to put Delaware back on track! Do the research, get educated and send responsible citizens, NOT CAREER POLITICIANS to Dover in November and every November thereafter!!!