Funny, isn't it, how some of the biggest fiscal tightwads have no difficulty spending your tax dollars when it's something they want. This time, it's Wayne Hoffman, executive director of the Idaho Freedom Foundation. Last year, Hoffman bemoaned the Democratic Congress back-filling almost half of the $128 million Idaho lawmakers cut from public schools. ... It was Hoffman who said Idaho Public Television is nice enough, but it's not within the "proper role of government," and ought to be cut. ... And Hoffman championed depriving Idaho's retired public employees of a meager 1 percent cost-of-living increase because it cost too much. ... Yet it is Hoffman above all others who wanted the state to burn through potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend his quixotic notion of nullification/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Why is it that Tea Party legislators and backers are quick to slash budgets and yet embrace a concept like "nullification" that could cost the state hundreds of thousands in fruitless litigation?