Posted on 02/18/2009 10:03:52 PM PST by SmithL
Republican Sen. Roy Ashburn of Bakersfield is invoking the memory of the man conservative love to idolize -- Ronald Reagan -- as he prepares to vote for a budget package that includes more than $14 billion in new taxes.
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Is he the third Republican vote?
Moron.
Anyone on California should contact his office through his page. Im in California and its getting very bitter here and this is going to strangle us. Most of us dont want this budget but the Unions are winning the media blitz.
Please contact this guy. Reagan would never have agreed to something like this, our budget back then pales in comparison to what we have now. Our state budget last year was 145 Billion, its going up this year.
http://cssrc.us/web/18/contact_us.aspx
People fail to note that Reagan was human and made mistakes - including the tax increase he signed off on - which ultimately led to the passage of Proposition 13.
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