Politics: Will RI Wake Up?

If I was a betting man, I would guess not. The residents of the state are all too happy to keep feeding at the trough. Meanwhile, the bill for the feast keeps being passed along to their children. Inevitably, the loan sharks will come looking for their money. Who do you think will pay it? The top of the economic food chain has already left. The upper middle class are on their way out now.

Actually, unless something changes, state bankruptcy and liquidation are in our future. When the rest of the world is back out of severe recession, we will still be limping along. I know nothing will really change after next week's election. Even if every elected position in the state goes as good as possible, we're still in for at least a decade or two of pain.

My only real hope is that Bob Healey will win the L.G. office. I would take that as a sign that the state isn't entirely lost. The position of L.G. in this state is a joke. Bob Healey is the only one who has the balls to say that.

Aside from Bob Healey, I really hope we don't end up with Linc Chafee as our Governor. I don't know if the man is clueless, a complete idiot or actually mentally handicapped. He really seems like all of the above, yet because of his last name, he has a pretty good chance of being our next Gov. How does one promise to raise taxes in the state with the highest taxes already? Even still, he's leading in the polls. The results of this election may cause us to seriously consider moving out of state.