General Assembly Raising Taxes

A Monroe County newspaper is running ads trying to convince Macon residents to move there.  Houston County can't do that because they keep raising taxes, and they likely will do so again this year.

 

I'm not that upset by the renovations to the Mayor's office prior to C. Jack Shaheen moving in.

 

John Monds is providing a brilliant analysis of the differences between the Libertarian, Republican, and Democrat parties.  This is the guy who really needs to be Georgia's next Governor.

 

State legislators are on their way to raising taxes this year, starting with the hospital bed tax.  Something that is not a tax increase is getting rid of a refundable tax credit for the poor; that is just eliminating a welfare program.

 

You can blame the women for not allowing you to buy health insurance across state lines.  The Walking Ethics Complaint also opposes this.

 

Two bills extending the rights of Georgians with concealed carry permits passed the Senate yesterday.

 

The state will be allowed to put more money into the rainy day fund when they have the money to do so under a bill that unanimously passed the Senate yesterday.

 

The state Senate passed a bill to ban synthetic marijuana and one to require pickup truck drivers to wear seat belts.

 

House Speaker David Ralston issued his weak ethics legislation today, but legislators couldn't figure out how to kick tax cheats out of office.

 

Apparently Republican state legislators are considering drawing up articles of impeachment against Attorney General Thurbert Baker for his refusal to join the lawsuit against ObamaCare.

 

The Office of Congressional Ethics has finished their report on Nathan Deal, but Deal will not say whether or not he has it.  Roll Call reports that Deal does have the report, so why won't he release it?  This is a guy who needs to be kept far from the Governor's Mansion.

 

President Obama is daring Republicans to attempt to repeal ObamaCare.  They will attempt it, and they will be politically successful, but it still isn't going to happen.  Shouldn't it be telling that Fidel Castro is applauding ObamaCare?  By the way, jobs are already on the verge of destruction as a result of higher health care costs for businesses.

 

Facebook is being blamed for a rise in syphilis rates in Britain.  One city may have taken a step towards preventing the spread by cutting down 6,000 trees to keep people from having sex in the woods.

 

A New York City housing project had to change a playground jungle gym that was made to resemble a jail.  Given that they were living in a New York City housing project, the jungle gym was probably just preparing them for their futures.