Spank That Donkey

To cut the citizens taxes to spur economic growth.  Here is an old Atlantic Article discussing just that.  For instance:

President Bush may have it exactly wrong. A bear market may be more likely to decrease, rather than to increase, public support for his $1.6 trillion tax cut. A surprising finding in this month's Gallup Poll indicates that the more worried people are about the nation's economy, the less they support President Bush's tax cut.

Whoops, guess that guy got it wrong huh?  The Bush Tax cuts spurred the economy on, but this is just typical negativism to encourage the citizens from voting to keep their own money in their pockets, vs. funding a bottomless pit that is our Federal and State Governments.

Speaking of State Governments, this article addressing Governor Gilmore and the Car Tax Cut:

In Virginia, Gov. James S. Gilmore III is standing firmly behind his commitment to abolish the car tax. He has to. It's the issue that got him elected in 1997. Not only that, but President Bush has made Gilmore chairman of the Republican National Committee. What an embarrassment it would be if the GOP national chairman agreed to compromise his signature tax cut or allow it to become tied to revenue triggers, as moderates in Congress are urging the President to do with his tax cut.

But Virginia does not have the revenues to replace the car tax. And state law requires a balanced budget. What an embarrassment it is for the Republican governor to be squabbling with the state Legislature, which Republicans took control of last year for the first time in more than 100 years. The Legislature has to go back into special session to consider controversial spending cuts in education and transportation. Nothing is more likely to enrage voters in Northern Virginia, which faces an intractable congestion crisis.

Seems our Transportation Crisis knows no ends... such as the war on poverty... Think that will ever be solved? One thing is for sure, if you are part of the MSM, you will get gallons of ink at your disposal to encourage the funding of Government Gone Wild... It's just so much more sexy, than letting the people keep their own money.

I look forward to the day when the people get to keep the vast majority of their earnings, and the government has to hold a bake sale to expand welfare programs, and pay Congressional Salaries... How much money would we save if Congress only met every other year, for like 60 day sessions to set the budget?  They could come in, get it done, shut their pie-holes, and go back to work as the Citizen Legislators they were supposed to be.

Congressman... nothing but a bunch of grandstanding, Presidential wannabes.... Come home and work for a living you bunch of bums!

panties are all in knots...

They know this race is very winnable for Governor Gilmore.

Oh this is precious... too precious:

Sen. Webb has joined with Sen. Warner to cosponsor a bill that would open Virginia's coast to drilling for natural gas. John McCain's allies couldn't be more pleased, using Sen. Webb's support to paint McCain as a moderate and Barack Obama as an out-of-touch liberal:

Actually every one with a brain knows that Hussein is an out of touch liberal, it's the fact their eyes haven't opened just yet to another out of touch limousine liberal.  It gets better:

Think the above bi-line is crazy?  I don't.  Mark Warner became a multi millionaire by using insider information as a Congressional aide to begin auctioning off US Govt. owned frequencies now used by cellular phone companies nationwide.  Do you think that if he had the same chance to auction off-shore drilling rights, he would have jumped at that opportunity also?

 Take a look at this map, and simply put a grid system over it and give Warner the rights to auction off the grids to the highest bidder.  He gets a big fat commission on each deal, and we the consumer could at least get some relief from higher fuel prices; because supply will simply be closer to home, and increased in general.

What always gives me a chuckle is how the MSM refer to Warner as a cell phone 'pioneer'.  Undoubtedly if a Republican were to have done the same thing he would be referred to as a cell phone 'pirate'.  It's amazing where a party label, and a penchant for raising taxes can get you among the ranks of the modern day Main Stream Media.

Can you see our buddy, Bob 'Hatchet Job' Lewis doing a little research and reminding the folks of this quote, while making it relevent from cell phones to gas pumps?:

When a cell phone rings in the audience, he will invariably pause. “Those cell phones,” he likes to say. “Most people consider them an annoyance, but I just hear ‘cha-ching, cha-ching.’”

Yeah right...  Check out the closing paragraph of this article.. the MSM will do what?:

Whether Warner can sell himself to the American voter—which is in no small part a matter of selling his life story—is a different question. Warner’s cellular-license-flipping exploits undoubtedly will draw some pointed questions from the national press corps. But then, too, Hillary Clinton will probably have to explain, once again, how she managed, long ago, to pocket a tidy sum by trading cattle-futures contracts. Americans, in any case, seldom resent a politician’s wealth. Back in 1976, they elected a millionaire peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter, who was also, like Warner, a one-term governor of a southern state. Behind every great fortune, Americans tend to believe, is the story of a winner.

Reality... the MSM will roll over like a lap dog as Warner pats their little quivering bellies, and save the pointed questions for any Conservative that would dare actually advocate for the taxpayer/consumer in America.  Six billion dollar deficit anyone?

Dude I Love this... Classic Warner.  Look at his statement in Tim Craig's article today relating to Off-Shore Drilling:

Warner said he supports offshore exploration for oil and natural gas but stopped short of endorsing drilling, expressing environmental concerns and saying it would have no immediate impact on gas prices.

Warner is essentially saying, yeah we can let companies go looking around for natural resources, and especially talk about it before the election, but I'll be damned if we are actually going to go get the oil and natural gas! You know just like when the bill for Off Shore Drilling hit his desk and he vetoed it.

This is the same tactic he used when he ran for Governor  I'll tell you that I am going to not raise taxes, and of course eliminate that Car Tax in my first or second budget.  It's just your typical smoke and mirrors.

It gets better though because according to this quote in the Roanoke Times he plans on taxing the very companies that explore and produce the oil so they can just add them right into the price of gas. 

The Democrat called for expanding tax incentives to purchase hybrid vehicles and cars with advanced battery technology. He would pay for the incentives by scaling back some of the tax breaks oil companies got in a 2005 energy bill.

"You can't have it both ways," Warner said of the oil companies. "You can't make record profits and still ask the American taxpayers to give you $17 billion out of the public till. It's not fair. It's not right."

Who the heck Governor Warner do you think is going to actually pay these new taxes?  Us, the citizens, you know the little people.

Meanwhile, Richmond is waking up to oil and gas royalties:

Sen. Frank W. Wagner (R-Virginia Beach), an ocean engineer, said Virginia would receive $200 million in royalties from companies granted rights to drill for natural gas or oil.

"This could provide Virginia with substantial new revenues that doesn't cost us anything," said Wagner, who has drafted a bill that would divert 40 percent of the proceeds to transportation. "We have the potential in Virginia to play a real leadership role."

Bingo!