realavatarsofgenius asked: Not a question so much as an observation: I think we have wound up with Eric Cartman as our Governor. Think about it: fat ass, misogynist, scientifically illiterate, hates poor people, hates hippies, racist... just don't accept any chilli he offers you. EVER.
Wise observation.
Would we really be surprised if LePage were to say
Respect my authority!
or
Kyle’s MomHillary Clinton is a fat bitch!
Worse case scenario.
Included in the budget is a provision that would raise the retirement age of public workers from 62 to 65, cut Maine’s prescription drug and health coverage for working parents program, end $400 of property tax relief for more than 75,000 middle-income Maine households, and freeze cost of living adjustments for state employee retirees — which already provides a meager average pension of only $18,500 per year.
Yet at the same time, LePage is pushing through hundreds of millions of dollars of tax cuts. While most Mainers will receive a tax cut under the governor’s plan, the lion’s share of the cuts will go to the wealthiest of state residents. The Maine Center for Economic Policy notes that the average tax cut for most working families in Maine will be a measly $83, while upper income earners will take home an average of $874, and those who earn more than $363,438 — just one percent of the population of the state — will take home a whopping extra $2,770, on average:
LePage says situation in Wis. could spread to Maine
And then what he do? Make more offensive comments and laugh it off.
Awesome! /sarcasm
Gov. Paul LePage has proposed zoning 10 million acres of northern Maine for development, repealing laws that require manufacturers to take back recyclable goods for disposal and reversing a ban on the use of a chemical linked to cancer in children’s products.
