Suzanimal
04-06-2015, 12:10 PM
Still Waiting
Laurence M. Vance
This is what happens to people who hold their nose and vote Republican.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/page/5/
http://i.imgur.com/RZVgUfym.png
The GOP-dominated Georgia Legislature raised taxes, yanked more control over local public schools and shot down “religious liberty” efforts — all while working hand in glove with Democrats.
It was not Republican business as usual in the General Assembly, which finished its work for the year this week.
There are no shortages of examples.
The biggest, and most obvious, was the passage of House Bill 170, the $900 million transportation funding plan that would increase state gasoline taxes by nearly 35 percent, add a $5-a-night tax to hotel and motel stays, and slap truckers and electric vehicle drivers with new annual fees.
Final approval of the bill came on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the 2015 session. On Wednesday, legendary North Georgia GOP activist Joe McCutchen had had enough.
“Looks to me like (the) Georgia Republican Party has left the taxpayers,” McCutchen posted on Facebook. “I have always voted Republican for smaller government and lower taxes. Now if you vote Republican, you get higher taxes and more taxes. I will be voting for very few Republican incumbents. How about you? Sad time for Georgia taxpayers.”
Republican leaders in the House and Senate, however, said the state has a transportation infrastructure “crisis,” and that the new money will allow Georgia to repair and maintain its roads and bridges. Georgia’s Republicans are not alone in doing the unthinkable — that is, raising taxes. Many red state governors and legislatures are doing the same in the search for new money for similar projects.
“Georgians expect us to do the right thing at the end of the day,” Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said after the 2015 session ended just after midnight Thursday. “I think that was the right measure to pass. When they see we stepped up to the plate and addressed a need, they’re going to approve of that.”
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/nothing-typical-about-the-politics-this-year-at-th/nkmdS/?ecmp=ajc_social_facebook_2014_politics_sfp#d4c5d3 98.257099.735694
Laurence M. Vance
This is what happens to people who hold their nose and vote Republican.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/page/5/
http://i.imgur.com/RZVgUfym.png
The GOP-dominated Georgia Legislature raised taxes, yanked more control over local public schools and shot down “religious liberty” efforts — all while working hand in glove with Democrats.
It was not Republican business as usual in the General Assembly, which finished its work for the year this week.
There are no shortages of examples.
The biggest, and most obvious, was the passage of House Bill 170, the $900 million transportation funding plan that would increase state gasoline taxes by nearly 35 percent, add a $5-a-night tax to hotel and motel stays, and slap truckers and electric vehicle drivers with new annual fees.
Final approval of the bill came on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the 2015 session. On Wednesday, legendary North Georgia GOP activist Joe McCutchen had had enough.
“Looks to me like (the) Georgia Republican Party has left the taxpayers,” McCutchen posted on Facebook. “I have always voted Republican for smaller government and lower taxes. Now if you vote Republican, you get higher taxes and more taxes. I will be voting for very few Republican incumbents. How about you? Sad time for Georgia taxpayers.”
Republican leaders in the House and Senate, however, said the state has a transportation infrastructure “crisis,” and that the new money will allow Georgia to repair and maintain its roads and bridges. Georgia’s Republicans are not alone in doing the unthinkable — that is, raising taxes. Many red state governors and legislatures are doing the same in the search for new money for similar projects.
“Georgians expect us to do the right thing at the end of the day,” Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said after the 2015 session ended just after midnight Thursday. “I think that was the right measure to pass. When they see we stepped up to the plate and addressed a need, they’re going to approve of that.”
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/nothing-typical-about-the-politics-this-year-at-th/nkmdS/?ecmp=ajc_social_facebook_2014_politics_sfp#d4c5d3 98.257099.735694