There once was a man who said he would not run a government by gimmick or slogans or sound bites or photo ops.
That in of itself was a nice little gimmick, slogan and sound bite.
Even on the unveiling of his first budget, he comes running out the door with a new slogan, but according to Governor Deval Patrick, it is a budget without gimmick.
Calling his budget a blueprint for “lasting change,” Gov. Deval Patrick last night pushed proposals for limited tax relief and education upgrades, but was forced to defer many of key campaign promises.In a televised speech, Patrick outlined a budget proposal that would cut more than $500 million in state spending while squeezing businesses for about $300 million in new tax revenue. The plan also boosts public education spending by $200 million, a modest increase to help stave off deep cuts in local school spending.
“This budget is balanced without gimmicks,” Patrick said of his efforts to erase a $1.3 billion deficit. “We didn’t defer difficult decisions. We didn’t use Band-Aids to treat symptoms and ignore causes.”
"Blueprint for lasting change" sounds like a nice marketable slogan to me.
