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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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