Governor’s plan to avoid disabled turns to nightmare

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"Once upon a time, the prince from southwest Missouri took the throne of the state as was his rightful place. Soon, he realized he was faced with the crisis of the century. The state was in financial despair, and his supporters would not allow him to raise taxes to fix the problems. Somewhere, he had to find money to give tax breaks to businesses, and soon he realized he had an easy target: The Wheelchair People.

"The Wheelchair People had been allowed to gain strength because previous governors were weak and would not send them away. Instead, they plied them with gifts, even paying for their wheelchairs and offering them employment, thus putting the business community at risk. Before we knew it, there were laws protecting them and forcing the good and decent barons of business to have to build ramps for all the wheelchairs the state had purchased.

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"So after he defeated the evil ogre Claire McCaskill, the good governor knew what had to be done.

"In the name of protecting the children, he would save the state from The Wheelchair People. He would cut their funding so that the sidewalks of Missouri would once again be safe for good, hard-working people.

"And so he did.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Aug/20050802Feat003.asp

[noamnety]

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I'm always surprised to see something like that in the press.