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Me elite? HA HA HA! I love it! As to increased revenues...fine and dandy. And what happened in the 90's when that happened? They spent it and more. They "projected" the increases out by 10 years and spent accordingly. Every state did the same. EVERYONE of them except for Colorado.

And when the bubble burst and the money stopped flowing in, did they stop their massive increases in spending? NO! They demanded more taxes. And then they portrayed anyone that wanted to slow spending or even go back to the days of 5-8% ridiculous increases instead of the 14-20% increases as "haters" of education and wanting to starve children, unfund hospitals, etc.

Typical lies from typical weasels. As a result, more and more of us realize it makes absolutely no difference any longer if we vote or who is elected.

The Republicans are wimps and give us nothing but conservative-lite with some left wing BS thrown in. They have actually lost ground being in "the majority". The GOP gained more being the minority and just having the House after 1995. Clinton was forced to be fiscally responsible. What happened?

And if the Dems are in charge the GOP has more power to obstruct them (remember the gridlock days?) as the minority. Now we have the likes of McCain, Specter, Snowe, Collins, Chafee and, once, Jeffords tearing up everything in the Senate while Frist does nothing. They can't get their legislation past (tax cuts were temporary and have still yet been brought up to be permanent) while the left just uses the courts to implement their agenda while the right stands by and watches.

So, I'm still waiting to be convinced voting does any good after 30 years of almost never missing one.

Maybe I'm just getting cranky as I get closer to 50, but I'm tired. I've fought, I've worked, I've given money, I've done everything I could and how am I repaid? With caving in, lack of spine, no effort to win the PR battle and educate the voter. And all the while I see less and less people bothering to vote which gives the entrenched powers more say so...the unions, government employees, etc.

I don't mind fighting...I'm just tired of charging the hill only to find the rest of the troops running away waving the white flag.

Regards.