Just when I was getting sick of the endless analysis of the political ramifications of the casino/racino roll calls and the "Who won and who lost" stories, I found this cartoon in our  ONE Mass News Roundup:

And here we are as a Commonwealth, as the Mass Budget and Policy Center reports,  asking for stuff to be fixed, that were self imposed by tax and budget decisions that severely impact a wide range of social services, local aid, environmental protection programs, resulting in deep cuts and thousands of layoffs of human service workers, public safety officers,  youth development programs and even our most basic civil systems - our court system that affects every one of us, including these two elderly women trying to find help for a friend.

And "we" through our Legislature and our Governor supported a tax holiday that will take some 16 million from our revenues - according to Noah Berger of Mass Budget and Policy Center.  They made fun of us in Rhode Island and national experts in USA Today dismissed our tax holiday" as a political gimmick. Gaurgh!!