cur-mud-geon:
anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Wisconsin has just been exposed to one of the most partisan episodes in the history of its government! Our Governor proposed taxes on anything and everything that wasn’t taxed already, and added significant increases onto those things that have been taxed to death already.
First, where are those who voted for Governor Doyle? If you are willing to identify yourselves…and there are a bunch of you…how in the world can you possible think he is doing what you wanted him to do?
Your taxes are going through the roof just as mine and those of all your neighbors.
If you had it to do all over again…how would you vote today? I sincerely hope that you’re able to take off the partisan “soft and fuzzy” glasses and admit that he had sold you, me and everyone else down the drain to please his major contributors.
Road builders are very happy since Doyle has proposed another 5 to 7 cents per gallon gasoline tax! Non-smokers are very happy since he had proposed the largest single increase in cigarette taxes this state has ever witnessed! He has also proposed a tax on hospitals so that he can get more federal money…but we all pay both state and federal taxes…wow, a double whammy from our Gov!
Who among us is still unable to fathom that a tax levied on any entity is a tax paid by we consumers? No company pays taxes; they pass all those taxes paid directly to us consumers. Hospitals already know they’ll get the short end of the Governor’s stick so they’ll turn the newly created “shortfall of revenue” into higher rates charged to all those of us who have insurance. And, they’ll continue to pass along all the unpaid bills for services given to those who are not insured and who don’t pay their bills.
You and those of us who are playing by the rules are obviously the weak links in this chain. We pay and pay and pay…and then we pay some more…and we still elect the same people over and over again.
I am done with that! You should be as well!
Stand up and let your voice be heard! Call and write and e-mail and visit your elected representatives. Tell them that you are fed up and won’t take it anymore! And, tell them you’ll vote for someone who can make the changes desired and it probably won’t be them since they’ve blown every chance we’ve given them!
I hope you’re done with this folly, too!
