It's your money, don't let them take it without a fight

Chicago Sun Times ^ | October 10, 2005 | BY JOSEPH BAST

[.cnI redruM]

Coloradoins have the right idea. Use the governmental process to strip power out of the government's hands. In the meanwhile, support anyone that Club For Growth or Mike Pence works with in Congress. The spenders can be defeated and need to be, before we get tow here we were in the late 1970's.

[Black Tooth]

The government has grown so large, they now have hundreds of thousands of people who's sole purpose is to figure out how to obtain more of our income. It's truely a monster with a growing appetite.

[Mulch]

Cut spending? But what about compassionate conservatism? We don't want people think that conservatives are mean.

[clee1]

Freankly, my dear, I don't give a damn what "some people" think of conservatives. All I want from them is to get the hell out of my wallet!

[.cnI redruM]

I do. I enjoy being mean.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>1.5 BILLION in gas taxes and can only account for about $440 Million in project expenditures

Things like this need to be collected and publicized nationally. 1/2 the battle with big government is the myth that it is there to care about you. Destroy any myth of its compassion, and people begin to evaluate what they send to DC just like they'd evaluate any other asset in their portfolio. Once we find out we're plunking 1.5 Bil in and getting 400 Mil back out, Compassionate Conservatism will be about as popular as Jim Jones.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Well, it IS compassionate. You still have SOME left after the government gets their share, don't you?

[OldPossum]

The good news is that a growing number of people pay no federal taxes at all.

Au contraire, that is not good news at all. Those that don't pay any income tax therefore have no interest in legislation concerning tax cuts. We who do pay income tax need all the help we can get.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Efforts are under way across the country to adopt TABOR through referendums and initiative where they are allowed, or legislatively if not.

Unfortunately, here in Tennessee, there is no such thing as a grass roots referendum. There is practically no constitutional way to force a vote on the ballot, or remove a crooked politician, or to force a constitutional change without the approval of the General Assembly first and they are extremely unlikely to cut the pursestrings that they alone control.

[FreeAtlanta]

Tax Dollars at work;

[tfecw]

"With sumpthin' this bad going on in our state capitol, I can only imagine the widespread embezzlement that takes place in D.C.."

Are you talking about the embezzling at the DC school system?

The embezzling, misappropriation, and horrendous money management by the DC Metro?

The corrupt and idiotic policies from the DC city council?

Or just the feds? :)

[dirtboy]

The world's first airliner where they have to worry about keeping cats off the tarmac instead of just birds.

[tfecw]

Amen

[William Terrell]

The bad news is that people who do pay taxes much pay more to make up for those who pay nothing.

Booshod. If everyone not paying income taxes now were to pay those taxes, it would still be 40% Just more money for the gvt.

[Don Corleone]

A Boeing Salmon 3 Salmon I take it./sarcasm

[nothingnew]

Coloradoins have the right idea.

I'm in Durango, CO.

What "right idea" do you speak of?

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