THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET: CONTRIDICTIONS

Jeb! released his proposed state budget Tuesday, and it looks like while he wants to continue cutting taxes for boozers and the wealthy, he wants to pay for increases in some areas on the backs of blue collar workers, students, and the medically needy.

The governor wants to eliminate the "intangibles" tax on stocks, bonds, and other investments worth more than $250,000 as well as the per-drink tax on alcoholic beverages paid by restaurants and bars, and more sales tax breaks to encourage research and development companies to locate here (read: Scripps).

At the same time Jeb! wants to significantly cut the rolls of the medically needy program (36,000 to be exact), place more restrictions on the use of prescription drugs by Medicaid clients, increase tuition for higher education students, and build more prisons. Not only that, pay hikes for state employees are minimal at best, and don't even meet the cost of living increases.

Either Jeb! doesn't believe in the idea of "compassionate conservativism" that his brother the Prez claims to embrace (tell me another one), or they both have it wrong.