Monday, December 20, 2010

A simultaneous policy scrum. « Fred Klonsky's blog

A simultaneous policy scrum. « Fred Klonsky's blog

A simultaneous policy scrum.

Jim Broadway of the State News Service calls what is going on in Springfield right now a simultaneous policy scrum.

In the game of rugby, a scrum is where you go the distance as a unit, passing the ball back and
forth. If someone gets hurt, someone gets hurt.

According to Broadway, Madigan wants a bi-partisan revenue bill with a tax increase. A bi-partisan bill means getting a couple of Republican votes. Madigan wants it in this session. To get the couple of GOP votes, teachers get it up the rear.

But Madigan gets a score and if teachers get hurt, teachers get hurt.

Broadway:

As an analogy, consider the Obama Administration’s recent capitulation to