I don't like Bob Barr. He has a few points but for the most part he's just seems to be a big, loud troublemaker.
I really don't think taxes are that high. In international and historical comparisons, taxes are rather low.
But, they will probably go up again.
What is the main Republican consensus about Bob Barr?
Bob Barr Blathering BUMP.
"Official Washington has no appetite for change, so it's no surprise many of us don't work there anymore."
Official Washington didn't have any appetite for change when he worked there, either, yet he wasn't writing articles like this then, and the House was passing pork like it was Thanksgiving in Trichinosis Town, all the while mouthing conservative platitudes like today's GOP does. Barr is holier-than-thou while he sits in the same pew.
Big loud troublemaker? How's that, by telling the truth? Are you ashamed that your party leaders say one thing and do another when it comes time to put the mill to the grindstone? Republicrats, RINOs, or however you want to refer to them seem a bit too common in both the US and many state legislatures. I always thought the main platform of the Republican party was to reduce government size, spending, and taxation. Has this happened at all over the last eight years? The simple answer is NO. We have a deficit of record proportions, a debt that may never be able to be paid off, and a bunch of fiscally irresponsible representatives in both the Senate and the House. I for one like to hear what Mr. Barr has to say, because to me it sounds like the truth.
Telling the truth always causes trouble. What else is new ? Governmet spending has risen almost 25% in little over 4 years. How long can that pace last ?