Maybe it’s just malaise
Friday, July 25th, 2008 By Mike Maurer
Yikes. The apocalypse is upon us.
Strickland said the economic pressures the state is facing extend far beyond school funding. He said he doesn’t think the energy and foreclosure crises are just part of a normal cycle of ups and downs.
”Part of what’s happening with the economy is, I think, potentially cataclysmic,” Strickland said. ”Whether or not people will maintain confidence in our financial institutions, whether or not there will be some way to deal appropriately with the energy crisis we face, it’s affecting everything. It’s not only affecting schools. It’s affecting households, it’s affecting the ability of people to work and get to work and feed their families.”
Don’t forget global warming, AIDS and Dick Cheney.
During the 2006 gubernatorial race, a friend wondered during the Strickland-Blackwell debates, “Do you think Strickland is deliberately trying to emulate Ronald Reagan?”
No doubt about it. Apparently having checked that off the list, though, now the governor appears to be trying to emulate Jimmy Carter.
Tags: Economy, school funding
