They're busy in Frankfort doing the "people's business," whatever that euphemism is supposed to mean. Voices are shouting about repealing income tax, raising spending, and everything in between.
I grew up in a GOP household, and I remember a certain pundit remarking in the early 1990's that gridlock wasn't necessarily bad, as that meant more of our freedoms were not being destroyed at any given point in time. I concur, in the broadest sense. So, if gridlock is good, why is a bankrupt government not that much more good? In short, why are we grinding our citizens to dust with more taxes to avoid the wages of economic sin? If the voters cannot impose discipline on a state, should not the creditors be given a chance?
Looking at this rationally and objectively, I am merely asking a question that few are considering. Is this a tragedy or a chance to revoke the illusion of an all-encompassing welfare state? If this is that chance, maybe we should leave the taxes alone (or cut them) and let natural selection apply the iron rule of fiscal accountability to Frankfort and Washington.