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« LLC Data Project Update #7: Delaware | Main | LLC Data Project Update #8: Texas » March 24, 2004Cutting Spending Leads to Increased PopularityFrom the Heritage Foundation: Conventional wisdom has long held that voters punish politicians who cut government spending. If this was ever the case, it is no longer, write Heritage's Keith Miller and Alison Fraser. Governors Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Phil Bredesen (D-TN), and Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) have all worked to balance their states' budgets by cutting spending, and without raising taxes. All of them have seen their popularity grow in the process.I'm looking forward to it. Posted in Economy & Business
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I wish someone would give this report to the politicians (both Democrat and Republican) in Virginia. The only thing they are fighting over is which taxes to raise and by how much. Cutting spending is never mentioned. Posted by: mark at March 25, 2004 10:11 AMWell... why don't you do it? Go to your state government's website, poke around until you find a list of elected officials and you'll probably find their fax numbers, email addresses and mailing addresses. Send them the link, send them the page from the Heritage site, post about it on your blog, send them that page, and then print the report of the Heritage site and fax it to them. And send it to the local media. Print and broadcast and talk radio. You never know what might happen. Posted by: Bill Hobbs at March 25, 2004 11:01 AMMore hogwash from the folks at Heritage. What isn't mentioned in these various state case studies is the fact that most of these states aren't cutting spending. And that most of these states are using very risky schemes to defer paying for their spending. In essence: instead of tax and spend--GOPers have discovered borrow and spend. It's a scheme that's pretty outrageous. Basically, they're saying we can all have as much dessert as we want right now--we can pass the task of eating the veggies to our kids and their kids. For example, in CA, Arnold the Groper cut some taxes and then took out bonds to cover the deficits. This is akin to getting some more credit cards to pay off existing credit card debt. At some point the bill will come due. Arnold's just hoping that time will come sometime after he's out of office. MD has a different situation. Bob Ehrlich, a true dunce, has decided Maryland can avoid all responsibility by instituting gambling in the state. Again, Ehrlich plays fast and loose with the numbers; no outside auditor suggests gambling will produce 75% of the revenues Ehrlich says it will. Additionally, Ehrlich refuses to believe gambling brings its own costs to an area in terms of crime and other gambling-related social concerns. Posted by: JadeGold at March 28, 2004 03:40 PMWhat, no mention of Bill Owens (R-CO, and maybe your next Vice President)?!! BTW, while Gov. Owens may be throwing a bone to those who want to change (get rid) of TABOR, deep down he knows all efforts to modify it will FAIL miserably. Keep mentioning to everyone, Bill, what the real beauty of TABOR is: It forces the political class to "make the tough decisions" TODAY! Posted by: Brad S at March 31, 2004 02:21 PMPost a comment
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