4/30/2004
For the flag, feel-good bills and unfunded mandates
The Carey Baker Freedom Flag USA-USA-USA We're No. 1 Fireworks Free Beer and Protection of Patriotic Little Children Act passes the Legislature.
It requires 2X3, made-in-America flags in every classroom in the state (full text here) But, as usual, the superpatriots in the Legislature refuse to pay for this educational mandate. They don't cough up a single dollar to pay for a single flag. Instead, they urge educators to pass the hat.
You don't expect us to throw money at public schools, do you? That would spoil a perfect good piece of feel-good television-ready legislation.
It requires 2X3, made-in-America flags in every classroom in the state (full text here) But, as usual, the superpatriots in the Legislature refuse to pay for this educational mandate. They don't cough up a single dollar to pay for a single flag. Instead, they urge educators to pass the hat.
You don't expect us to throw money at public schools, do you? That would spoil a perfect good piece of feel-good television-ready legislation.
