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Thursday, January 22, 2009
As Minnesota zigs, Kentucky should zag
Politicos in Minnesota are talking about a bill likely to be filed in coming days that would automatically provide public assistance recipients moving to that state from other states the same benefits they received in their previous home.
Sounds like a great way to speed up the financial destruction of a state, doesn't it?
With the growing possibility of Californians on the dole fleeing a state unable to make cash assistance payments, doesn't it make sense that Kentucky should do something to protect itself from another influx of people with their hands out?
I mean, if we try to fit too many people on a life raft, we risk drowning everyone, don't we?