This time, it's a revolt vs. spending

NY Post ^ | May 24, 2010 | MICHAEL BARONE

[Scanian]

This month, three members of Congress have been beaten in their bids for re-election -- a Republican senator from Utah, a Democratic congressman from West Virginia and a Republican-turned-Democrat senator from Pennsylvania. Their records are different. But they have one thing in common: They're members of an appropriations committee.

Like most appropriators, they've based much of their careers on bringing money to their states and districts. But suddenly this year, pork is not kosher.

It has long been a maxim of political scientists that American voters are ideologically conservative and operationally liberal. That is, they tend to oppose government spending in the abstract but tend to favor spending on particular programs.

In the past, rebellions against fiscal policy have concentrated on taxes rather than spending. In the 1970s, when inflation was pushing voters into higher tax brackets, tax revolts broke out in California and spread east.

The rebellion against the fiscal policies of the Obama Democrats, in contrast, is concentrated on spending.

[no dems]

And, if B. Hussein Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid keep pushing the envelope, the "revolt" will turn into an all-out Revolution. And guess what; I'M DOWN FOR IT!!! Let the good times roll, baby.

[KeyLargo]

On this date today:

May 24, 1764, Bostonian lawyer, James Otis, denounces "taxation without representation" and called for the colonies to unite in demonstrating their opposition to Britain's new tax measures.

[RayChuang88]

In fact, we are on the verge of the biggest “flip” of members of Congress since the 1994 elections. Americans are sick and tired of the prospect of higher taxes, more intrusive government and just bigger size of government in general, and you will see it in the ballot box on November 2010.

[JustSurrounded]

I admire your faith in the voting public. I have been dumbfounded by their past choices. Certainly, I’ll won’t be idly silent, that’s for sure.

[RayChuang88]

Do you remember what happened at the primary elections exactly one week ago? In short, a voter revolt is brewing, and even the MSM noticed the American electorate is scared of what is happening to the US economy and they want representatives in there that will actually DO the right thing and implement three things that will fix the economy:

1) Reign in the excesses of Wall Street, especially all those "exotic" investments that had essentially no liquid backing to trade in them.
2) Massively overhaul the income tax system or even phase it out in favor of something like FairTax so it encourages American citizens and businesses to keep their savings and capital investments in the USA as much as possible because we no longer tax the process of earning money.
3) Massively audit every Federal, state and local governmental agency and use the audit recommendations to eliminate bureaucratic overlap and agency bloat.