Monday, July 03, 2006

Kentucky Watches New Jersey Crash

As more evidence mounts that Rep. Ben Chandler plans to run for Governor in 2007, any glimpse into what that might mean for Kentucky could be enlightening.

For today's insight, we turn to Jon Corzine's New Jersey.

Corzine, a former U.S. Senator and currently Democrat governor of New Jersey, has caused a partial but growing shutdown of state government while he tries to force through a large tax increase on the people of his state.

Chandler, who favors expanded gambling and -- after refusing to swear off tax increases in '03, switching gears and promising not to raise taxes in '04, and then flip-flopping again and voting for tax increases since then -- has a problem telling the truth on taxes, might be a Jon Corzine kind of Governor.

The funny thing is that the New Jersey government shutdown will likely result in the shutdown of the state's twelve casinos.

And I thought casinos were supposed to be the Holy Grail for big government spenders, making tax increases unnecessary.

This is with a Democrat-controlled legislature. How bad would the train wreck be in Kentucky under similar circumstances?