Spending Sits Well with GOP Governors

Boston Globe ^ | March 27, 2005 | T.R. Reid

[EagleUSA]

Because politicians have a conflict of interest with limited govt. That is why we had a Constitution. Both the executive and legislature had a party when judges threw it out, because they didn't want to do it themselves. Then they could blame the unelected and appointed for life judges. It is a great game in Washington. I feel sorry for the idiots who get caught up in Republican-Democrat fights not realizing that at their core both parties are the same pro-govt parties.
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As time progresses, it becomes more clear. A number of events, fostered and sanctioned by the present administration, prove the point.

[Liberator]

"No mention on what it would be for, just red meat to get you mad."

Assume the worst -- upgraded pensions and bennies for government workers, and pet project boondoggles that repay cronies for their "support."

[Liberator]

"I think they are the real GOP. Can you, or anyone else, name any Republican elected official anywhere who, once in office, has actually lowered spending? That is opposed to slowing the growth of spending which is all that Reagan and others were able to do."

You could argue that Owens etal. are the "real" GOP in the year 2005....

Afterall, hasn't George W. Bush turned into Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

Slowing down the runaway train of spending is something we can live with.

Based upon the GOP's performance from top to bottom, none of these socialist-lite clowns appear to want to attempt being fiscally responsible.

[Liberator]

"And the public needs the expenditure of $3 billion for exactly what purpose?"

Answer: It helps subsidize the GOP of Colorado's Goobermint end-of-year Christmas Party.

[cogitator]

Longer version here:

GOP Governors Fight Tax Limits

" During the boom years of the 1990s, with population and personal income soaring, the limits worked well. But the economic downturn and the reduction in federal support during the first Bush term proved disastrous for Colorado's finances. The state put off building roads and maintaining infrastructure. It reduced services and raised fees. Spending on higher education fell so sharply that the president of the University of Colorado declared the flagship state school a "private enterprise."

Voters grew increasingly angry and demanded changes from Owens and the Republican-controlled legislature. But GOP leaders refused to act. "So long as I am governor, we will not raise taxes," Owens pledged in 2003.

Last fall, the Democratic Party launched a statewide campaign against the TABOR [Taxpayer Bill of Rights] limits -- and scored a huge victory at the polls. While Bush was easily carrying the state, Democrats took control of the state House and Senate."

[goldstategop]

Colorado's voters want their state to become like California, they should ditch TABOR and foot the bill. Liberals will love it.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[goldstategop]

The Democrats want to kill taxpayer protections. And they know voters will buy just about anything to keep their favorite programs fully funded.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[goldstategop]

Some GOP Governors have become Democrat Lite. With friends like these, we don't need enemies.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)