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DEL.ICIO.USAfter vetoing tax rebate, the least Perdue can do is help anti-tax groups with their fund-raising
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s line-item veto of a $142 million property tax rebate has become immediate fodder for two national anti-tax groups.
The governor’s weathered this kind of heat before. In 2003, you’ll recall, Grover Norquist and his D.C. group, Americans for Tax Reform, came down to oppose tax increases pitched by Perdue to meet a downturn in state revenue.
Here’s a statement put out late Tuesday by the National Taxpayers Union, which boasts “nearly 8,300 members in Georgia.”
“Unfortunately, the governor got it wrong when he used the line-item veto pen to cross out a $142 million property tax cut instead of the pork spending contained within the budget.
“From the beginning, NTU and our members were critical of the estimated $50 million for pet project spending that weighed down the $700 million supplemental budget bill.
“The governor could have helped to finance the much-deserved property tax cut by eliminating these wasteful sops to special interests [Columnist note: Many of those items were removed, and shifted to the ‘08 budget], but instead he let Georgians down by choosing bigger government over tax cuts. A year that began with such promise for taxpayers has become a debacle.
“Governor Perdue and the Assembly can and should do better for the people who pay government’s bills.”
Perdue was also the target of an “action alert” by FreedomWorks, the group led by former U.S. House majority leader Dick Armey of Texas:
“Governor Sonny Perdue is blocking long-overdue property tax cuts in the Georgia state budget.
“First, he vetoed the entire budget, and now he’s attempting to rescind this veto in favor of a line-item veto that targets $142 million in property tax cuts.
“Why is Governor Perdue going out of his way to deprive hardworking Georgia families of much needed tax relief?”
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By MrLiberty
May 9, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
The answer to anyone who has been paying any attention at all should be simple.
Neither the republican nor democratic parties are in any way committed to the idea of responsible governance. They are both the parties of big government and high taxes. What they get from the people that benefit from their laws/regulations/pork, etc. is far in excess of the feeling of satisfaction that should come from upholding the constitution, protecting the rights of individuals, and allowing hard working folks to keep the money they earned.
Only a third party can bring about real change. These two that really act as one, will never come to an agreement that does anything but further line their pockest with our money.