Silly Republican Arguments

The Republican leadership of the House opposes using Florida's reserve budget funds to avoid cuts to education that would harm our already devastated education system, saying that such proposals amount to "legislative malpractice." This ignores a lot of things, such as the fact that Charlie Crist supports using the reserves, that the economy is in a bad place (largely due to past Republican legislative malpractice) and the very fact that this is why we have reserves, to help us avoid cutting necessary programs (such as education) in bad economic times. Besides, anyone with a basic understanding of economics, or just basic common sense, knows that education is the most important investment we can make to guarantee long-term economic stability in the state.

Crazy Republican Quote of the Day

"Last year, you led the way on property tax reform, because you understood then, as you do now, that we needed to do something meaningful and comprehensive to help Florida prepare for an impending economic downturn." -- Speaker Marco Rubio to the Florida House, 3/4/08

"Last year, our state failed to confront and solve the economic problems before us in a meaningful way. And now, we are facing the consequences." -- Speaker Marco Rubio to the Florida House, 3/4/07, less than a minute later