Posted by
Christopher Van on Friday, January 02, 2009 7:05:48 AM
Welcome to 2009 and a call from liberals to raise the gas tax by 50%. State and federal governments already receive as much as seventy cents on the gallon, compared to a paltry eight cent profit seen by Big Oil, perpetually in government’s cross hairs for their purported excess profits.
The federal tax alone is eighteen cents, with the remainder of what can only be described as legalized thievery coming from the states. Now the feds are seeking to impose another ten to twelve cent increase, with recommendations that states do the same.
Leave it to some unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington to see taxation as the only solution to decreased revenues coming on the heels of decreased driving that began with gas approached five bucks a gallon this past summer, which was largely due to decreased supply as the result of failure liberal policies that limits domestic oil exploration and production.
Rather than looking to steal more from Americans, already struggling in difficult economic times, caused by liberal abuses of power such as the Community Reinvestment Act and corruption at Fannie and Freddie, how about giving us some real solutions.
If more money is needed for roads, then find it elsewhere. How much cash is being used to subsidize education, healthcare and welfare for illegal aliens? How much of the ill gotten gains of government is being used for bridges to nowhere or union bailouts? The waste of government is endless, yet rather than fix what they have created they seek to steal more from us?
It’s utterly amazing that they are doing exactly what we would go to jail for. If we were to demand money from another under the threat of a loss of life or liberty, we would be held accountable. Yet government remains immune, having a pass to seize as much of OUR money as they see fit from OUR pocketbooks and if we object, they will punish us with a loss of freedom and liberty.
Way back when some folks got a little upset about this type of abuse, which was far less egregious than what we are witnessing today. Tea was dumped in the Boston Harbor, muskets were procured and a few folks like Adams, Washington, Jefferson and Franklin brought about change. Not the kind of change being promised by the chosen one, which really is just proving to be more of the same, but real change that we could count on. Well, at least we could count on it until liberals got into power. Maybe a more sensible approach to getting more funds into the government coffers would be to sell liberals, instead of arms, to our enemies abroad. Now there’s some change I could live with.
Christopher Van
www.christophervan.com