Saturday, January 24, 2004
No Rhetoric Left Behind
In the 1994 midterm elections, one of the Republican's talking points was to end unfunded mandates--these costly requirements that Congress placed on the backs of the states without paying for them--something used to highlight how dastardly the Democrats were when they were in power.
Now Republicans in the states are finding that it really does not matter who is in power in Washington--that maintaining power comes before what is in the best interest of anyone, least of which the country.
The Virginia House of Delegates, controlled by Republicans, have passed a resolution 98-1 asking Congress to exempt them from the "No Child Left Behind" Act that was widely touted by the President both as a candidate and then again in his most recent State of the Union Address. Seems that the Act is a rhetorical ploy, whereby the President and his kin in Congress demand it and then offer up little money to pay for it--something Republicans gleefully accused the Democrats of when they were in power. Other states, such as Ohio (also controlled by Republicans) have followed suit.
Now Republicans in the states are finding that it really does not matter who is in power in Washington--that maintaining power comes before what is in the best interest of anyone, least of which the country.
The Virginia House of Delegates, controlled by Republicans, have passed a resolution 98-1 asking Congress to exempt them from the "No Child Left Behind" Act that was widely touted by the President both as a candidate and then again in his most recent State of the Union Address. Seems that the Act is a rhetorical ploy, whereby the President and his kin in Congress demand it and then offer up little money to pay for it--something Republicans gleefully accused the Democrats of when they were in power. Other states, such as Ohio (also controlled by Republicans) have followed suit.
