Scarecrow: What happened?
Cowardly Lion: Somebody pulled my tail.
Scarecrow: You did it yourself.The Wizard of Oz 1939
Via Right Wing Granny Massachusetts continues to jump the Shark of Liberalism:
Right now, a committee consisting of 3 House and 3 Senate members are meeting to negotiate the differences between the two tax bills. It is not a matter if the gas tax is increasing it is a matter of how much and how often.
What do I mean?
If the tax package is signed into law the gas tax will be forever linked to inflation. It is the gas tax increase “to infinity and beyond.” In other words, there will be an automatic gas tax increase every year. And the legislature never has to vote to raise it again. How convenient. But for the rest of us, it means taxation without representation.
Because NOTHING says a state is open for business than a tax indexed to inflation automatically raised year after year. As the Right Wing Granny put it:
If the bill being discussed is passed, the State of Massachusetts can automatically raise gasoline taxes without a vote by the legislature. Therefore, no one has to go on the record and be held accountable for the tax increase. This is a liberal lawmaker’s dream and a taxpayer’s nightmare.
If I’m Gov Rick Perry of Texas I’d be running ads on every TV & Radio station in the state suggesting they re-locate to Texas and I’d be sending a thank you note to every single member of the state’s house and senate delegation who votes for this bill.
Considering our willingness as a state to keep electing these idiots I don’t see how we motivate them to stop.
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While it might be easier to just leave Massachusetts as I advise my newly graduated magna cum laude business major son to do. Somebody has to stay here to fight the fight.
Being able to stay and fighting means being able to pay the mortgage and that were the $305 a week goal and you come in.
If you’d like to help me fight that fight by ensuring I can make my newly increased mortgage bill consider hitting DaTipJar below to make this weeks paycheck.
Well, there IS the matter of being able to sell one’s property before relocating. I hope your son will take your advice, Peter; Texas is a great place. And congratulations to you both on his fine accomplishment!
Are you chained in a basement Pete? Can’t you leave? The free territory of New Hampshire is a short drive away.
Someone’s got to stay and fight.
But I’m encouraging both of my sons particuarly the one who just graduated magna cum laude to get the hell out of dodge as soon as he finds a job.