Pretty friggen typical. No one in government is willing to take a hard look at their expenses and target wasteful spending. It is a heck of a lot easier to pass a tax increase. Who elects these guys anyways?
Good logic here from our knucklehead representatives. Raise the tax, snuff the economy, put us into a hard recession, implement wage and price freezes, and then try to come knocking on my door asking for more money.
Gee wiz congress, control your spending and deal with waste. With three to four trillion dollar budget, there is no need to ask for more. We are more than capable to fund all of our programs as well as national defense without more tax increases. I am sure these guys scrutinize their wives spending habits more closely than they do for what they are essentially "hired" to do.
Build the damn bridge, fix the bad bridges, and move on. I would favor a Federal gas tax hike if we all agree to take away the state gas tax so that we make sure transportation money is spent on transportation. A good example of this is that our state is robbing the transportation fund that comes from gas tax collections to fund education. Thanks Doyle you pencil neck idiot.
I swear, there is a conspiracy to keep tapping onto the people until they have no more to give, then they will be dependant on government for food, clothing, medicine. Damn socialists!
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Here is an article about the proposal:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954266/posts