Posted on 03/17/2015 7:37:22 AM PDT by C19fan
Some Louisiana Republicans have a question for Gov. Bobby Jindal: Who runs the states tax policy the governor or Grover Norquist? Jindal, who is exploring a 2016 presidential run, is fighting with his own party over how to fill a $1.6 billion budget hole. But like many GOP-ers, he is eager to preserve his anti-tax bona fides. Story Continued Below Enter Norquist, the activist who specializes in deciding which revenue hikes should count as tax increases, and which might be labeled with such euphemisms as hiking fees, closing loopholes or in this case, cutting spending.
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Cutting spending is the only thing that really works. If gov’t limited itself to what’s in the constitution, it would be affordable and politicians wouldn’t be scrambling to come up with gimmics to raise pennies every year. Good luck w/that.
When faced w/a shortfall, you’d think they could just not spend that amount in the least painful part of the budget, however I notice that state officials tend to cut in the more painful areas to punish voters, such as closing the MVA, etc..
Has Politico held Obama to his promise of no new taxes for the middle class?
Bingo. We’ve fallen so far from ‘equal under the Law’ in so many ways....
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