Our Main Task Is Not To See

Our Fiscal Ruin And Resulting Loss Of World Leadership Will, In Their [liberals'] Eyes, Be Not A Tragic Event But A Desirable One.

Our Educational Results Lag Behind Other States, And Other Nations, But Worse Still, Behind The Potential Of The Kids And The Devoted Teachers In Our Classrooms.

We See Government's Mission As Fostering And Enabling The Important Realms - Our Businesses, Service Clubs, Little Leagues, Churches - To Flourish.

Sure, Things Could Always Have Been Done Better, But I Just Wish People Would Drop Their Political Hammers For A Few Weeks, As Happened In 2001, And Work On The Problem At Hand

So Tonight I Propose One More Step That I Would Rather Not Propose. I Ask The Most Fortunate Among Us, Those Citizens Earning Over $100,000 Per Year, For One Year, To Pay An Additional One Percent On The Income They Receive.