March 22, 2004

It's being shoveled high today

Another "Wow" to add to the list today.

For some reason, I decided to head over to the Tennesseans for Fair Taxation's website (a well-known, pro-income tax group). I rarely visit their site (as there is never any need to), but I got the itching to see what they are up to.

Well, topping their site is a story on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights coming before the Senate Judiciary committee tomorrow (their story must be older as the date says March 9).

Heading their write-up is the following:

TABOR is Anti-Education, Anti-Environment, Anti-Seniors, Anti-Children, and ANTI-PEOPLE.

Can they use any more cliches? Oh yes...they did...they claim it will also unfairly benefit those with deep pockets (reads the evil rich). *yawn*

Their summation of what TaBOR stands for is this:

TABOR is a proposal to permanently amend the Tenn. Constitution in a way that will put a stranglehold on our schools and other public services for decades to come.

This argument is taken care of by Bill Hobbs here (written today).

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, if Tennessee had passed a TABOR bill in 1990, state revenue today would be $6.7 billion instead of $8.4 billion. This means on top of the 9% cuts enacted last year and the TennCare cuts this year, Tennessee would have to cut another $1.7 billion dollars from schools, health care, children’s services, the environment, and senior care to name a few. Entire programs would be gone.

And? What's your point here? First, it wouldn't have taken money from schools, healthcare, or children services, or the environment, or senior care (etc. etc. etc. and whatever other group you can come up with to scare). However, it would have kept the state government from instituting wasteful programs that should have never been implemented in the first place which will eventually bankrupt our state!

Now I know what Glenn Beck means when he says he feels like his head is going to explode (those that listen to Glenn Beck will understand what I mean here).

I've got a headache...

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