Once again, I have to disagree with Don Brunell, President of AWB.

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Brunell is an interesting guy.

Most recently, he parachuted in to tell US that WE need to get screwed for billions on a project we DON'T need, and DON'T want.

He does represent the Association of Washington Business. But his lies about the bridge project make anything he writes automatically suspect. Reading Brunell talk about government is like reading Goebbels talking about the Greater Reich.

He told us here:

Washington View: There are no easy budget choices for Gregoire, Legislature.

Of course he's wrong. Dead wrong.

Once government recalls who they work FOR, the rest is easy.

Here's the list of cuts:

Eliminate pay raises.

Eliminate step increases.

Reduce budgets and staffing levels back to 2004 levels.

Those who remain after the cuts can always quit, right? I mean, where do they have to go?

And, of course, we can start at the very top. In ONE YEAR (2005), both the governor and lieutenant governor's offices increased THEIR budgets on the order of 37%.

There's nothing "daunting" about it.

Close up The Mansion. Get rid of the vehicles and staff. Move into a 2 bedroom apartment. After all, isn't that what Governor Moonbeam did when he ran that tiny state of California?

Unlike the empty-suited, Anti-American racist bigot in the White House who throws these massive parties EVERY WEEK, put the entirety of government on an austerity budget.

The moron running our government has screwed us for a minimum of $30 billion on the Chrysler/GM bail out... a bail out that shouldn't EVER have happened, but a bail out necessary to pay off his union masters.

So, unlike Mr. Brunell, I say the budget choices really ARE easy:

Remember WHO YOU WORK FOR. And then, reduce pay, benefits and workers enough to fill the gap, while cutting your own budgets at least the 37 percent figure to set the example and lead the way.

Unlike Emperor Empty Suit, who parties and golfs while the rest of us suffer, our government can act. It can stop being about pay offs, and it can START being about fair governance.

And what's so hard about that?