Comments on: Colorado Rebukes Norquist & Co.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:11:25 +0000

The next time taxes are increased, will you be responsible for my share?

Nope. I’ll pay my own way and expect you to do the same.

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:11:29 +0000

The next time taxes are increased, will you be “responsible” for my share?

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:11:24 +0000

It’s called a democracy, buddy. I gotta live with George Bush as the president, it ain’t always pretty.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:11:16 +0000

What do you call who volunteer for tax increases?

Responsible.

By: jnfr

jnfr — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:11:15 +0000

I call it reality-based. You can’t have services no one pays for. And all urban centers need services.

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:11:49 +0000

What do you call who volunteer for tax increases? Besides liberals, of course…

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:11:35 +0000

Yeah, Frank, the majority of the electorate in Colorado is obviously the same as a marginal college professor that only the right cares about.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:11:15 +0000

So I guess Ward Churchill s not the only nut in Colorado (the Tax Me State)

Right as usual, Frank. We also have a whole nest of Grover Norquist wannabes over at the Independence Institute. That crowd is as nutty as they come.

By: Semanticleo

Semanticleo — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:11:47 +0000

“Voodoo Economics” so designated by BUSH I, was one the few truthful facets of the 1980 campaign against RWR .

It was the beginning of the frontal attack on Social Security which put a crack in it’s veneer (Dems helped a little) and continues unabated and unrepentantly with the junior all-stars of BushCo II.

Watch all the chicken littles start forecasting, “The Blue Skies are Falling!”

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:11:23 +0000

So I guess Ward Churchill’s not the only nut in Colorado (the “Tax Me” State)

By: AlexCorrigan

AlexCorrigan — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:11:17 +0000

It looks like a case of (some of) the people finally waking up to the self-destructive stupidity of the right wing’s “hooray for me, f–k the rest of you” approach to ‘community.’ Vote count shenanigans notwithstanding, we’ll see how many stupid a–hole holdouts there are in 2006.

By: jnfr

jnfr — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:11:07 +0000

Call me crazy if you like, but I don’t mind paying taxes when I know the money is going for something we really need. Colorado has one of the leanest state budgets in the nation, and the money from this Tabor repeal is clearly earmarked for education and infrastructure. I believe that education and infrastructure are things worth paying for, in fact, that they are invaluable investments in our state’s future.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:11:36 +0000

Several of the anti-government big guns were involved in trying to defeat this measure–at my house, we had several recorded calls from Grover Norquist. Dick Armey was also involved in the campaign to keep the spending limits intact.

Now that voters have passed the measure to relax the spending limits, the drown-it-in-the-bathtub crowd is brandishing a threat to take it to court.

So much for “settling it at the ballot box,” eh?

By: jnfr

jnfr — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:11:02 +0000

I’m in Colorado too, and definitely all kinds of outside-the-state forces ramped up the PR to try and defeat this. I’m proud of my state for consisting supporting education, health care, and transportation issues.