Christian Schneider reaches into the Dennis York bag of blogging to explain the Daughter-of-Necrobudget:
Yesterday, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau released their summary of the state budget as rushed through by the Joint Finance Committee last week. It’s a long and complicated document, so we here at WPRI have enlisted some help in explaining many of the big themes included the budget.
As it happens, most of what legislative Democrats passed can be explained by eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, star of the 1971 children’s classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Here are some famous quotes from the movie, and how they shed light on the budget currently before the Legislature. Cuddle up with your favorite little Oompa Loompa and read along:
Anyone who can work “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” quotes into a very serious look at what the Assembly will be working on instead of the majority making a pilgrimage to The Won is a genius.
