Esser's Lament

Another cry of impotence from Donkupied Washington. Beats me why the state Republican Party keeps emailing them to me.

What a bad week for Washington families and taxpayers.

[Former attorney-general] Gregoire and Democrats in both Olympia and Washington, D.C. showed once again that they’re still the party of three things: spending, spending and more spending. House Democrats blindly followed [Former attorney-general] Gregoire’s lead and proposed a budget that – surprise – adds billions in new spending. [Former attorney-general] Gregoire praised it as soon as it was released.

Assuming the Democrats pass a budget similar to the ones they have already proposed – and it’s virtually certain that they will – state government spending will have increased 33% since [Former attorney-general] Gregoire [overthrew legitimate Washington Governor Dino Rossi].

Let me say that again. A 33% increase in spending....

[Former attorney-general] Gregoire is busy spending billions on new programs and totally draining a record $2 billion surplus, but she and her fellow Democrats are ignoring the critical issues facing our state.

Her education proposals focus heavily on politically flashy new programs designed to aid her [Hugo Chavez-esque "]election["], while fundamental school needs remain overlooked.

[Former attorney-general] Gregoire is continuing to ignore the felon release crisis in her [junta] by refusing to build any new prisons – guaranteeing that law enforcement officials will continue facing the unacceptable choice of letting dangerous felons out early, or not arresting them in the first place.

And instead of improving Washington’s expensive and overbearing business climate, [Former attorney-general] Gregoire is laying the groundwork for lower business growth in the future.

State government has a record surplus this year, which provides an opportunity to start paying down billions of dollars in pension obligations and provide some much-needed tax relief, but instead [Former attorney-general] Gregoire is spending every penny and setting us up for more tax increases in the future....

Democrats, once again, are reminding us all of just how liberal and irresponsible their tax-and-spend politics really are.

For Washington taxpayers and families, it's been a bad twenty-three years (i.e. the last time the Evergreen State had a Republican governor that wasn't toppled by a Donk coup de tat), the occasional GOP legislative majority not withstanding. And even those interludes haven't provided much relief. Which is most of why the Republican Party has become so moribund in this state.

If that sounds a lot like California without a spineless RINO movie star governor, welcome to our nightmare.