The Fort Wayne News Sentinel has an article entitled Tax idea cuts at Daniels’ image. Would the news folks quit pushing the idea that Daniels’ nickname as “The Blade” was somehow merited by federal spending cuts while he was in the Bush administration. Under Bush and Daniels, deficits exploded to an unprecedented degree. So far, I’m cautiously optimistic about Daniels’ approach to Indiana’s fiscal health. (Certainly, he strikes me as more sensible than the folks in the House who think they can limit Medicaid growth to 3%, Education growth to 0.75%, and flatline prison spending.) The federal government over the past 4 years has been fiscally reckless. So spare me “the blade” nonsense.
In any case, Daniels is taking some heat from the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board and the Grover Norquist/Americans for Tax Reform crowd. I’m glad that Governor Daniels appears to be more pragmatic than Norquist, ATR, the WSJ Editorial Board, and their ivory tower cohorts. (Obscure reference, but when I think of Norquist & Co., I always think of Phil Hartman doing Frankentstein, “MMMM TAXES BADDDDD MMMM”.
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