You get what you pay for
So what exactly did the Republican-controlled Georgia General Assembly deliver for us this year? How about, well, absolutely nothing.
- No tax reform of any kind despite Glenn Richardson's barnstorming all over the state in a vain attempt to push his sales tax scheme. After Democrats stood firm in the House, we got a rational compromise that removed the car tag fee (which I was rather indifferent on) and then Casey Cagle, in a fleeting desire to not be forgotten, decided to push an income tax cut. In the end, both sides were too caught up with a pathetic personal rivalry to actually deliver any sort of tax reform.
- All of that said, is there a more loathsome figure in Georgia politics than Richardson?
- Sunday Sales, of course, died because Cagle was too busy being Sonny Perdue's lap dog, albeit a timid one. I would point out how maddening this is but, well, I think you all already know that.
- We also didn't get the approval for a transportation sales tax to fund much-needed projects for highways, mass transit and the like. Ditto for a funding mechanism for our state trauma care system.
- No tax reform of any kind despite Glenn Richardson's barnstorming all over the state in a vain attempt to push his sales tax scheme. After Democrats stood firm in the House, we got a rational compromise that removed the car tag fee (which I was rather indifferent on) and then Casey Cagle, in a fleeting desire to not be forgotten, decided to push an income tax cut. In the end, both sides were too caught up with a pathetic personal rivalry to actually deliver any sort of tax reform.
- All of that said, is there a more loathsome figure in Georgia politics than Richardson?
- Sunday Sales, of course, died because Cagle was too busy being Sonny Perdue's lap dog, albeit a timid one. I would point out how maddening this is but, well, I think you all already know that.
- We also didn't get the approval for a transportation sales tax to fund much-needed projects for highways, mass transit and the like. Ditto for a funding mechanism for our state trauma care system.
posted by Jmac at 9:15 AM
2 Comments:
What a friggin' waste of time, money, and energy these past 40 days have been. Regardless if you have a D or R after your name, they all behaved poorly and the in-fighting was more based on egos than the needs of the state's residents.
I wish most of Georgia will remember this at the next election, but alias, I am convinced it will be more of the same for many years.
Cagle and Perdue are 100% more loathsome than Richardson. No question, no contest. I would vote for an Obama/Clinton ticket over either one of them, and that's saying a helluva lot.
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