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What If . . .

“Now I lay me down to sleep, and pray the lord my soul to keep.” If you listen very hard you may hear this child’s prayer emanating from Sacramento each morning at the opening of the daily Legislative session. Are they sleeping? It often seems like it. Are they praying? I doubt it, but sometimes one wonders if praying is an integral part of their long-term strategy.

The latest boondoggle is $3 billion in rebates for buyers of electric cars. Of course this makes perfect sense to our Democratic Legislators, as the buyers of electric cars are the more affluent, so why not give them more money in the form of rebates?! Their recent new gas tax will be a burden on most Californians, especially the poorest in the state, so why not pile the gasoline taxes on those who cannot afford electric cars.

How much is this going to cost the taxpayers of California? . . . Who knows? – Certainly not those in the legislature who voted “yes.” This lack of foresight is common in Sacramento especially those who cook up the budget. There is often a lack of a long term recipe – just keep adding some of this and more of that to the budget, and hope that the cake turns out okay!

Recently I read about an article in the journal, Science,that was talking about the ability of corvids (ravens, crows, jays, etc.) to plan ahead. Ravens showed they could plan for the future instead of just acting on urges. Furthermore the ravens would pass up an immediate reward if they could get a better one by waiting a while. When I read the summary of this article I wondered, “What if there was a way to get some of that raven DNA into these Democratic California congressmen/congresswomen.”

I fantasized, “What if . . . ?”

What if they thought about the devastating effects on the poorer working class before they raised the gas tax?

What if they considered the effects of their increased regulations before businesses left the state?

What if they ever thought about the deleterious effects on the education of poor inner city children, before they consistently backed the teachers’ unions?

What if they realized the disastrous effects on our public school systems, before they championed California as a sanctuary state?

As I daydreamed, I came up with a possible solution:  What if we were to import a large number of ravens into downtown Sacramento?Maybe this would be a way to get raven DNA into (onto) the California Legislature.

Just think how wonderful life in California could be if those in the legislature could actually think ahead?

What if . . . ?

 

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