By Chuck Baldwin
March 25, 2003
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com
The Republican Party likes to tout itself as the party of limited
government. Unfortunately, their track record does not live up to
their rhetoric. In fact, under Republican leadership, federal
expenditures are currently in the process of mushrooming even
faster than under big-spending Democrats such as Lyndon
Johnson.
Furthermore, it is Republicans such as the governor of Tennessee
and mayor of New York City that are in the process of trying to
force new taxes upon the people in their respective cities and states
- and they are not alone. Congressional Quarterly recently reported
that Republicans in Washington, D.C., are mulling a proposal to
increase federal gasoline taxes by as much as 20 cents a gallon!
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Don Young
reportedly said, "The tax increase will probably be included when
the committee drafts a surface transportation bill later this spring
that would push the current 18.4-cent federal gas tax to more than
30 cents a gallon by 2009."
A never-ending increase in federal gasoline taxes is another
example of the so-called "hidden taxes" that Washington
politicians have become famous for. And no one plays this shell
game better than Republicans do.
While loudly promising to cut taxes on the one hand, Republicans
plan to quietly increase taxes with the other hand. It's the old
"Potomac Two Step."
Furthermore, if history is any indication of the future,
"conservatives" across the board will offer little or no resistance.
When Democrats propose new taxes, "conservatives" protest
vehemently. However, when Republicans do the same thing,
"conservatives" become blind and mute.
The only way for the American people to realize a genuine
reduction in taxation is for them to hold their elected
representatives accountable to truly reducing the size and growth
of federal expenditures. However, that doesn't seem likely to occur
anytime soon. The American people, including "conservatives,"
seem to be intoxicated with big government.
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