Michael Graham on Gov. Patrick's latest stunt.
He's at it again. As part of his "education reform" package, Gov. Patrick wants to reward crimmigrants stealing jobs and government services in Massachusetts with subsidized college tuition.This is on top of the new program from the Patrick administration to track down crimmigrants and give them taxpayer-funded health insurance. Which means that, once again, we go from "Together, we can" to "I'm going to do what I want, and you're gonna have to pay for it!"
Gov. Patrick, you've already given away $1 billion of our tax dollars, much of it to big drug companies like Wyeth and Genzyme. You're about to raise our taxes by $500 million. Your administration has raised tolls, is probably going to raise them again, and gas is headed towards $5 a gallon.
Could you please, PLEASE cut us a little slack and not force legal Massachusetts residents to pick up the college tab for the crimmigrants?
UPDATE: More from Forbes.com and Matt Margolis.
SECOND UPDATE: Christy Mihos plans to challenge Gov. Patrick in 2010. Plus, more from the Herald and the Boston Globe.
THIRD UPDATE: More from Gov. Patrick, the Boston Herald and Boston Globe.
FOURTH UPDATE: From the New York Times, Boston Herald and Boston Globe.
