Thursday, December 11, 2003

Why Rick Johnson's bugging me Our esteemed state House Speaker Rick Johnson is holding up next year's state budget.  Why?  Because he claims that a tax rollback put into the works when times were better must still go through.  The governor and the Senate Majority Leader have come to a compromise where the rate rollback won't take effect for six months, saving the state a hefty chunk of change it can use to shore up K-12 education.  Johnson, however, claims that if the rollback doesn't occur, it's tantamount to a tax hike, because people were (and I quote) "planning to pay less next year."  Huh?  I'm sorry, but how many people do you know who plan their fiscal year in advance who aren't accountants?  I thought so.  Not to mention, most people don't mind paying the same as they did last year, especially when public school education is at stake. 8:46:10 PM    comment []

That'll teach me.... I just spent half an hour typing up a blog entry and ended up hosing myself.  When will I learn to use Notepad to type these things in? 8:37:47 PM    comment []

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