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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
Taxoholics
By Kevin Fischer
Tuesday, Oct 30 2007, 10:17 PM
Liberal politicians with authority are drunk with taxing power.
They can’t help themselves. Liberals see a problem.....snap their fingers, slap their knees.
“I’ve got it.”
The answer, their solution is always the same.
Raise taxes.
The only question is by how much.
And there will always be a new answer because there is no limit. There is no ceiling. Enough is never enough.
And this tax and tax and tax and tax and tax and tax and tax and tax and tax and tax some more mentality is a sickness, a disease that runs through all levels of government.
THE FEDERAL LEVEL:
Democrats aren’t satisfied. They are proposing the largest tax increase EVER, the largest tax increase in the history of this wonderful country we call the good ‘ol USA.
THE STATE LEVEL:
Let’s look at the numbers, shall we. Here are, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the amount of the increase in taxes and fees contained in the various budgets proposed for the next biennium:
The Governor’s proposed budget earlier this year: $1- billion, 748- million.
The state Senate, not to be outspent by Governor Doyle, proposed their budget: with their government health care plan: $9- billion, 551- million.
Someone had to come in and restore fiscal sanity.
The state Assembly’s budget: $256-million.
The conference committee budget, approved by the Legislature last week and signed into law by Governor Doyle: $763-million. (I thought Governor Doyle promised not to raise taxes).
I am not in support of the budget that was approved, but if it hadn’t been for the Assembly, it could have been much worse. That being said, that’s hardly an endorsement for a sound state budget: it could have been worse.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY:
County Executive Scott Walker, unlike Jim Doyle, keeps his promise, and proposes a no- tax increase budget. Meanwhile, the County Board looks for ways to torpedo Walker’s budget and increase taxing and spending.
CITY OF FRANKLIN:
The Franklin School Board wants to increase the school tax levy by 5.6% and is prepared to do so Wednesday night.
Mayor Tom Taylor has proposed a city budget with an increase in the city tax levy by 5.7%.
With the exception of Tom Taylor, there’s no question everyone I’ve alluded to is a flaming tax and spend liberal.
ELECTIONS MATTER!
Keep electing these people to office and you get what you asked for: tax increase after tax increase after tax increase.
These people don’t know any other way.
They claim there is no other alternative. That’s a crock. There is always an alternative. But that involves heavy lifting and hard work on their part……finding cuts on behalf of you, the hard-working taxpayers. But they don’t want to do that. It’s much easier soaking you time and again. And why shouldn’t they. You’re just going to sit back and take it, right?
The art of screwing is a two-way street.
Store in your memory banks when and how you are screwed.
You can always give them a taste of their own medicine.
It’s called Election Day.
