The where of this is more surprising than the what. You have bloviating unionists whining that people will surely die if any budget cuts go through, chaniting public employees (I’m convinced we need to fire all public employees and start over. It isn’t like there is a labor shortage out there), and the whole nine yards. But it is happening in New Hampshire. Who knew they had Republicans there? Excerpt:
CONCORD, N.H. — Amid chants from the gallery and thousands of demonstrators in the Statehouse plaza, New Hampshire’s Republican-dominated House approved a $10.2 billion budget yesterday that makes deep cuts to social programs and strips public unions of much of their bargaining power.
The House debated the budget for five hours before Republicans pushed it through, 243-124. Early in the debate, chants of “Shame On You!” rained down from a raucous crowd in the gallery, which was temporarily cleared but reopened before the final vote. Outside the Statehouse, thousands more gathered to voice their opposition.
Republican House Speaker William O’Brien called it a historic achievement to pass a spending plan to the Senate that raises no taxes or fees or borrows for operating costs. The loud voices outside weren’t the ones speaking to him, O’Brien said.
“The voices that speak to me are the taxpayers who say (the spending is) too much,” he told reporters.
Good for them. I hope we see more of this. We really cannot afford these bloated budgets anymore.
