The state legislators who came to work Wednesday at the state Capitol found free king cakes sitting on their desks.
Courtesy of the Gulf Coast delegation, the traditional Mardi Gras pastries are said to bring good luck to the finder of the plastic baby inside.
If there’s ever a time when lawmakers need to find those babies, it could be now.
It’s the economy, of course, as a national financial crisis is forcing legislators to confront politically sensitive issues such as tax increases, college tuition hikes, budget cuts, reduced Medicaid funding and more during the session that took off this week.
Referring to the inevitable requests each year for new programs and increased spending for pet projects or inspired causes, Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg said, “People always want to birth new babies.
“This time, we’re just trying to save the old babies.”
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