About the governor's idea for education funding . . .
Since we're on our way to education purgatory, why not develop this industry of taxing questionable activities more?
If we really want to fix schools, why would $10 billion from a lease on the state lottery be enough? We could pay the teachers and administrators even more and get nicer carpeting in the new buildings if we had $100 billion, couldn't we?
Here's an idea that Jeff Trigg and our Illinois Libertarians could embrace.
Perhaps we should consider taxing prostitution and drug peddling. We would follow Nevada's lead and make prostitution legal. We could be the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana (skip the "medicinal" hooey) coke and heroin. At the same time we legalize, we encourage people to partake, thereby encouraging the revenue stream.
We could give tax credits to those who set up brick and mortar shops with red lights . . . when we finally realize these industries shouldn't be government-owned and we lease them back to the private sector.
After all, it would all be for the children.
Think that's ridiculous? Step up to the local White Hen on the day Social Security comes out and see how many innocent-looking seniors spend their precious dollars on lottery tickets, hoping for the chance of finally hitting it big . . . for the children.
It's a brilliant scheme, Governor Blagojevich. And you couldn't have done it without Rev James Meeks.
