We’re Down With OBB

OUR GALS ARE CRAZY ‘BOUT THESE SHARP-DRESSED MEN (AND THEIR SISTER)

FITSNews – May 19, 2008 – We’ve always loved the blog Other Brooks Brothers. Its writers are smart, funny and consistently on message when it comes to the wasteful clusterfuck that is South Carolina state government. Like their column today in support of a spending cap, for example:

In a perfect world where government was responsible with taxpayers’ dollars and egos weren’t more important than ideology, we wouldn’t even have to have this debate. Government would do its job, take what it needed to do that job, and either return the excess to the people, put it away for a rainy day, or reduce tax rates for the following year.

Unfortunately, that’s not reality.

The reality is that state government in South Carolina grew 41% during the past three years. The General Assembly spent $1.5 billion in reserve funds leaving the state’s coffers depleted in an upcoming budget year that shows us expecting significant shortfalls.

Rock on, dudes. And by the way, we’re sorry that Sic Willie threatened not to link to your website anymore unless the gorgeous Mary Claire sent him a nudie pic. Needless to say, that was not representative of our editorial policy …