Buyer's Remorse Setting In On GOP Governors

By now, everyone knows that Governor Walker in Wisconsin is slightly less popular than toxic chemicals in our water. What isn't getting enough press is that he's not the only GOP Governor elected in November who's approval is borderline pathetic. In fact, he's the easiest to explain, but still not alone.

Governor John Kasich of Ohio, so far famous for not liking cops, appointing an all-white cabinet, and union busting, comes in with a strong 40% approval. Well, strong if you consider his 47% disapproval to not really matter. He's been in two months and people already don't like his performance. Shocking, right?

Then there's Governor Paul LePage, who is more popular than his predecessor, but not very popular either. I guess telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" isn't so popular, unless you consider a 43% approval to 48% disapproval to be popular?

They're sure to not be alone though. Republican Governors everywhere have walked off the crazy end of the spectrum.

As we’ve been documenting, several conservative governors have proposed placing the brunt of deficit reduction onto the backs of their state’s public employees, students, and middle-class taxpayers, while simultaneously trying to enact corporate tax cuts and giveaways. Govs. Rick Scott (R-FL), Tom Corbett (R-PA), and Jan Brewer (R-AZ) have all gone down this road.

Following suit, Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) has proposed ending his state’s Earned Income Tax Credit, cutting a $600 per child tax credit, and reducing credits for seniors, while also cutting funding for school districts by eight to ten percent. At the same time, as the Michigan League for Human Services found, the state’s business taxes would be reduced by nearly $2 billion, or 86 percent, under Snyder’s plan:

Business taxes would be cut by 86 percent from an estimated $2.1 billion in FY 2011 to $292.7 million in FY 2013, the first full year of the proposed tax changes…Taxes on individuals from the state income tax would rise by $1.7 billion or nearly 31 percent, from an estimated $5.75 billion in FY 2011 to $7.5 billion in FY 2013, the first full year of the tax changes.

Yeahhhh! That'll work! Because, we all know that when we cut taxes for corporations, they create jobs in our states, right? No, seriously, these guys have zero economic sense. I'm willing to bet citizens of more states than Ohio, Maine, and Wisconsin will soon regret last November's elections. Let's hope they repeal the 2010 Election in 2012.