Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005 | 8:33 a.m.
State Sen. Bob Beers on Monday filed his change to the Constitution that will dramatically change how government spends. This is a good thing. Oh, not the contents of the initiative, which is an artificial way to impose faux fiscal responsibility and turn legislators into automatons. No, it is good because it will force the elected jellyfish to either find spines or be labeled invertebrates. For too long, politicians of both parties have tried to have it both ways -- spend freely but claim to be fiscal conservatives. Now they can no longer escape and it is time for them to answer the most important question of next year: Do you support this initiative? You know what Joe Louis would say.
archive
