Gov. David Paterson, the very unpopular chief executive of the state of New York, really has nothing else to lose politically.
New York's unpopular Gov. David Paterson takes a questionable approach in trying to win support for his proposed $5 billion in spending cuts.
Which is good since when he talked with NPR's Robert Siegel of All Things Considered on Friday, he likened those opposed to his just proposed $5 billion in spending cuts from his state's budget over the next 1-1/2 years — some of them fellow Democrats — to crying children. The cuts would hit hard schools and health care for the poor, among other services.
Likening your opponents to children isn't exactly like calling them "girlymen" like his California counterpart. But it's definitely not a way to win friends and influence people:
Paterson told Siegel:
When a family runs out of money, what they do is they don't spend until they have the resources. That's what I'm doing. I'm in charge of the family of New York and I'm urging, so that we don't go into default like other states are bordering, that we make these decisions. And I would expect the legislature to act like the adults in the family and not the children who just start crying when there's a problem and don't have any solution other than to call people names, the same adults who are trying to solve the problem.
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