Governor Rick Perry wants to distract from the massive financial crisis that is bearing down on the state of Texas. Today's stunt -- and that's all it is, pure stunt -- is his way of ducking the tough issues facing the state of Texas, as he has throughout his ten years as Governor and twenty-five years as a career politician.
Democrats must stand up to Perry on this. We must tell our friends about this. There is a political element, of course, but this is an extremely grave public policy concern. We've only now -- seven years later -- started to recover from the disastrous cuts that were made in 2003, and they didn't even cut that much then. It is going to be twice as worse in 2011, especially if our elected officials continue to hide from this grave problem.
