January 12, 2017      5:06 PM
O'Donnell: Some New Modest Proposals
QR’s Senior Curmudgeon Edd O’Donnell argues the kids can fend for themselves, and they better learn to, in today’s Texas
It is clear that one of the chief sources of Texas
government’s fiscal shortfalls is an obsession with children. We spend millions
upon millions annually on these urchins -- natives and foreigners -- feeding,
clothing, educating, doctoring, controlling their behavior, or locking them up.
The burden is so great that the Texas Legislature is faced with taking extreme
measures to stem the loss of blood and treasure attributable to the feckless
ingrates.
Texas is not the first great power to face this crisis.
The full column
from Edd O’Donnell is in the R&D Department.
By Edd O'Donnell
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