Calling it like they see it

The Wisconsin State Journal is calling on supporters of the Bride of TABOR to just cut government spending if they want to do and correctly pegging the driving force behind bills like this -- cowardice. Yesterday's editorial had this to say:

If the Republicans who run the state Legislature really want to control spending and taxes in Wisconsin, why don't they just do it?

Why don't they make the hard choices between what the state can afford and what it can't?

Instead, they continue to blame local officials and dodge responsibility for their own spending habits.

And they repeat something many folks have been saying about the Republicans here in Wisconsin and at the federal level that advocate reduce spending and smaller government but fail to live by their own words.

But when you come down to it, there wasn't that much difference in total spending between the Republican-run Legislature's budget and the final version the governor signed into law.

That can only mean that the Republicans who control both legislative houses are afraid to make some hard choices, or they think most of the state's spending is justified.

Either way, the proponents shouldn't need to alter the state constitution to try to force them to do their job. It's as if they're declaring: "Stop us before we tax you again."

Why don't they stop themselves? If they can't, why don't they step down from public office and let someone else do the tough job of setting priorities and sometimes telling people no.

Polling is trending toward Democrats in almost all areas of government these days, which leads me to believe the public just isn't buying the Republican's game anymore.