During KCTS 9’s “Ask the Governor,” Jay Inslee was asked why voters (for the 6th time) passed the 2/3-vote restriction for new taxes, i.e. Initiative 1366. Inslee began by listing what we are as a state, including technologically advanced and community minded. Then he said the following,
“But, we are human. And, humans, I have learned, both Republicans and Democrats, have a certain trait and that it that we would love to have an infinite amount of services with a zero rate of payment with revenues. And that is a human trait. We would all, if we were all offered a bowl of ice cream for nothing, we’d take it. And if we could vote for something that would seem to give us the impression we could have a bowl of ice cream at zero cost, we probably, we could take it. But then, eventually, we’d have to ask how to pay for it. So I think we’re experiencing that in a lot of different ways in the state of Washington.”
The incoherency of Inslee’s response is something we’ve come to expect from our very “green” governor. Though we could spend quite a bit of time making fun of his response, there is something much more troubling about it than incoherency.
By his response, Inslee proves he fundamentally does not understand (1) voters and (2) conservative ideology. First, Inslee’s response demeans the intelligence of voters. It assumes voters are “give me people” with no foresight for how to cover costs. In Inslee’s scenario, it’s the government that must nanny the people. It’s the government that dictates the powers and role of government, not the people. Our green governor’s response is a classic big government response, blatantly ignoring the people’s will and arrogantly believing government knows best.
Second, Inslee’s response proves he does not understand the conservative message of small government. Contrary to Inslee’s assumption, conservatives do not want an “infinite amount of services.” In fact, conservatives prefer the government stick to exclusively offering the services it is meant to offer—without wasting their hard earned taxpayer dollars—and stay out of their lives in every other respect. To put it in terms Inslee might understand, conservatives prefer the government not to be there to offer the bowl of ice cream in the first place.
Please, please, please let their be a decent candidate put up against him in 2016.
My personal “A-TEAM” for 2016 is Sen. Ted Cruz, TX. & Dr. Ben Carson in tandem..& AGAIN in 2020. !! As the BEST & MOST QUALIFIED ‘LEADERSHIP TEAM’ to BEGIN our REPUBLIC’S RESTORATION process. !!
John Sharp, S/Sgt. USAF
Disabled Korean War Veteran
how did he ever get elected
Seattle and Thurston County. You don’t need any other support in Washington State outside of that.
When MORE Progressive, Socialistic “FREEBIE TROUGH FEEDERS” Vote HERE in WA. State & in the whole U.S. then those of “US” (ME among ’em) that have learned “SELF RESPECT” & STILL believe that SELF RELIANCE, & NOT Government “IS” the reason OUR America became the “Shinning Light on the Hill” . And as long as these ‘TROUGH FEEDERS’ dominate the “VOTING”.. into office these PROGRESSIVE, SOCIALISTIC government knows best ‘Troglydites’..IE: Gregoire, Inslee, Seattle City Council, & Mayor, Murray, Cantwell & Smith, Obama.. ( twice ?????), etal.. . The America I was born in 1930
& took my oath on Nov. 30th. 1950, as I enlisted, to PRESERVE, PROTECT & DEFEND against ALL enemies foreign & “DOMESTIC” I’m finding OUR Constitution’s ‘Rule of Law’ is internally & methodically being”Fundamentally Changed”..AND those of “US” that don’t rise up & take #1. Voting ACTION to ‘combat’ this ongoing destructive ‘progressive socialistic movement &/or get our State legislators to take ACTION & implement participation into the “Convention of States” to implement Article V in OUR Constitution as the legal & PEACEFUL means to STOP BIG Governments continuous OVERREACH..
As “POGO” has often stated: “We has met the ENEMY, & HE is US”..SHAME ON US !!!!
http://www.conventionofstates.com before it becomes TO LATE>>
Government’s goal is to maintain the bureaucracy. What better way to maintian it than by expanding it? Cutting spending is never an option. They confiscate, keep half for themselves and let the rest trickle back to all who have their hands sticking out…be they corporations, illegals or that rare occasion; someone who truly NEEDS it!
That answer sounds like he has been smoking too much of his personal “Green”.
It’s not ad hominem if it’s true:He’s an idiot.
Also, could you answer the question without using the words “ice cream”?
inslee is a chicago thug with the same mentality and how is got elected still baffles me other than king county is so crooked and voter fraud is rampid
But, we are liberals. And, liberals, I have learned, both RINOs and
Democrats, have a certain trait and that it that we would love to have
an infinite amount of services with a zero rate of payment with
revenues. And that is a liberal trait.
There, fixed those typos for ya.
Republicans, Typographical Errors, and You.
There, fixed your total lack of knowledge of the English language for you.
Arrogant Prick!
You fixed my “total lack of knowledge of the English language” by stringing together some random words? It must make sense to you. Idiot.
It’s not that he doesn’t understand, Inslee simply doesn’t care-and that is the true trait of our politicians. What comes next is because they don’t care, they don’t listen. The people just tell them on a consistent basis that the people do care and to stop the outrageous growth of government. But hey, when you don’t care to begin with…
Not only do we not want his free Ice Cream, we get indigestion thinking about all of the bowls he purchased from his brother-in-law, and the Union wages paid to serve the ice cream!!!!! Send him packing in the next election!!!!
This is the kind of idiot the West side imposes on the rest of the state by voting with their asses instead of their brains!
Eyman is a crook. The AG Doesn’t take on things that r headed in the wrong direction. They never
spend any money to educate the voters on the pro’s & cons of the issue. They listen to the lies that
r spread by paid signature gathers ,living in Washington hotels. And than you pay Eyman & Company
well over $300,000 a year. This is what needs to go away.
He admitted half of the problem with voters who vote more liberal more often … “that is a human trait. We would all, if we were all offered a bowl of ice cream for nothing, we’d take it. And if we could vote for something that would seem to give us the impression we could have a bowl of ice cream at zero cost, we probably, we could take it. ”
They psychologically exploit that human trait, and that is the rest of the problem, because it works.
The motive of laziness and envy, with feelings of victimization to the profit of the wealthy left.