Have you seen the news that states who are having budget troubles…and let’s face it, most states are…are raising taxes. The kicker is, state politicans using the terms ‘fees’, ‘penalties’, ‘fines’ or ‘elimination of a tax exemption’ instead of the term ‘tax increase.’
This is apparently in response to the current ‘Tea Party’ climate where the public is drawing the line with political idiocy. From the Washington Times:
“There’s a certain American antipathy to raising taxes, so even if these are tax increases, there’s an incentive to call them something else,” said Joseph Henchman, director of state projects at the conservative Tax Foundation. “It’s a trend we always see, but it’s certainly going to be one that’s stronger this year.”
How funny is that. The political elite apparently thinks we’re too stupid to figure out that no matter what they call it, it is still a tax…it is still money that is being transferred from the pockets of the private sector…the productive….to the pockets of the government sector….those who actually produce nothing but more regulation, more deficits and more taxes.
“At the worst possible time, we’re making a choice to raise taxes on people who can’t afford them anymore,” state Rep. Scott Tipton, a Colorado Republican, said during the floor debate. “It’s an overreach by government.”
I totally agree. And in a few short months, I do believe the citizens of this country are going to counter government overreach with a little reaching of their own…at the ballot box!
The Fed Up American
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