Here's a glimpse of some of the latest headlines in the paper:
Culver wants to charge for review of records
Culver signs 1-cent sales tax into law
Camping fee increased
Those were just in yesterday's paper, and it seemed to me that fees and taxes only seem to be increasing. What about the working man? Aren't Democrats supposed to be looking out for the middle class? I think secretly, they're trying to keep us down. If we're down, we can't object. In fact, if we "get" something from the government, then why should we disagree with them? Well, here's some news...not everyone "gets" from the government. Guess that's what's burning me....
If you read the INTJ personality blog, then you know I'm still right.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Culver gets a $13000 raise
The following is from a Des Moines news channel (8) website - short and concise. My comments follow...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Gov. Chet Culver and other top elected officials could be in for a pay raise.
A bill approved by the Legislature in the final hours of the session calls for a double-digit increase.
If Culver signs the bill, his salary would jump by about 10 percent from $130,000 to more than $142,000. That would make him the 12th highest-paid governor in the country.
According to a 2007 study by the Council of State Governments, governors' pay ranges from $70,000 in Maine to $206,000 in California.
Proposed raises for other elected officials would range from 11 percent to 23 percent.
Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal said officials didn't ask for a pay raise, but lawmakers felt it was time to bring their salaries in line with a midpoint range recommended for public employees.
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Ok, did I already say this: We need to vote these people out of office! C'mon! Sure, let's vote for a pay increase all the while, what we hear on the radio, in newspapers, on tv is the immediate doom of the recession. And just how are you going to pay for your pay increase of more than 10%? Hmm, let me guess...."fees" or taxes? Why not just raise both?
By the way, WHO gets a 10% raise anyways? Have you ever gotten that much pay increase in one year? That's ridiculous! I can understand a nice raise if you've actually worked for it....like bringing in more business, creating more profits, getting more customers. But, public lawmakers? What have they done lately, except take away more of our personal liberties.
Yes, Iowa is filled with people who actually voted for these folks. And I'm afraid they'll actually continue to vote for them.
I'm calling for a revolution. Let's get these guys out of office and bring in some 10 year olds who have more common sense than this. Not only would they do a better job, they'd probably even do it for free!
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Gov. Chet Culver and other top elected officials could be in for a pay raise.
A bill approved by the Legislature in the final hours of the session calls for a double-digit increase.
If Culver signs the bill, his salary would jump by about 10 percent from $130,000 to more than $142,000. That would make him the 12th highest-paid governor in the country.
According to a 2007 study by the Council of State Governments, governors' pay ranges from $70,000 in Maine to $206,000 in California.
Proposed raises for other elected officials would range from 11 percent to 23 percent.
Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal said officials didn't ask for a pay raise, but lawmakers felt it was time to bring their salaries in line with a midpoint range recommended for public employees.
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Ok, did I already say this: We need to vote these people out of office! C'mon! Sure, let's vote for a pay increase all the while, what we hear on the radio, in newspapers, on tv is the immediate doom of the recession. And just how are you going to pay for your pay increase of more than 10%? Hmm, let me guess...."fees" or taxes? Why not just raise both?
By the way, WHO gets a 10% raise anyways? Have you ever gotten that much pay increase in one year? That's ridiculous! I can understand a nice raise if you've actually worked for it....like bringing in more business, creating more profits, getting more customers. But, public lawmakers? What have they done lately, except take away more of our personal liberties.
Yes, Iowa is filled with people who actually voted for these folks. And I'm afraid they'll actually continue to vote for them.
I'm calling for a revolution. Let's get these guys out of office and bring in some 10 year olds who have more common sense than this. Not only would they do a better job, they'd probably even do it for free!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Culver Signs Increase in Iowa Vehicle Fees
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880422024
Culver Signs Increase in Iowa Vehicle Fees - That's the headline in newspapers across the state today as a result of the tax happy overpopulated Democratic House and Senate we have in the statehouse this year. Not to mention our Tax Happy Governor. Call this what it is: A TAX INCREASE!
This is why people need to wake up and vote for a balanced field of power. Put a Republican back in the office of the Governor. Put some sensible people in the Legislature. Oh, did I say sensible? I guess most sensible people are out actually working for a living and too sensible to go into politics.
On top of this "fee" that's really a tax hike, they also passed the SILO bill. C'mon! Where are they going to stop? Can you believe they actually used the idea that this will make school districts "equal" with one another. Hmm, where have I read that idea before? I think in Philosophy 101 when we were studying Karl Marx. My question, and I've posed this before in numerous different situations, although primarily with children, is, Is equal always fair?
The communities that value local education will, as in times past, rise up, roll up their sleeves for their schools, work concessions, start Booster organizations, and organize fund raisers. Some communities lack that stamina or those go-getting individuals or businesses for economic support. By equalizing the playing field, won't those "richer" communities still be rich?
Oh, I see what the Democrats' next proposition will be....the money that those "rich" communities raise for their schools, teams, bands, activities, and so on, should actually be first given to the State, so the State can then divvy it up to make sure the proceeds from the Bake Sale go to communities who lack the means to hold a Bake Sale themselves.
For example, in my community in Southeast Iowa, we have an annual Cake Auction. Yes, Cakes are auctioned off. It has become quite a social event to see which cake can garner the highest bid. I believe one has sold in the several thousands of dollars in the past. In fact, it becomes quite a competition among bakers to see who can produce the tallest, fattest, best spirited cake. So the $17,000 it raises shouldn't go to the Athletic Program of just this one school. That's not fair!!! What about that little school down the road just 15 miles or so? It's Athletic Program needs money, too. Let's take a portion of that $17 grand and give it to that little school. That would be fair, now wouldn't it?
Ok, I see what you're going to say. These are taxes we're talking about, not charity. People HAVE to pay taxes. Taxes should be dolled out equally.
In the end, equal is still not always fair. There are going to be communities that are still going to have bigger and better equipment. Better and brighter teachers. Nicer and plusher buildings.
Do with what you have and Get Over It.
This latest fee increase and tax are just an example of the tiny steps our representatives are taking away from individual liberties and capitalism and giant leaps toward socialism.
Culver Signs Increase in Iowa Vehicle Fees - That's the headline in newspapers across the state today as a result of the tax happy overpopulated Democratic House and Senate we have in the statehouse this year. Not to mention our Tax Happy Governor. Call this what it is: A TAX INCREASE!
This is why people need to wake up and vote for a balanced field of power. Put a Republican back in the office of the Governor. Put some sensible people in the Legislature. Oh, did I say sensible? I guess most sensible people are out actually working for a living and too sensible to go into politics.
On top of this "fee" that's really a tax hike, they also passed the SILO bill. C'mon! Where are they going to stop? Can you believe they actually used the idea that this will make school districts "equal" with one another. Hmm, where have I read that idea before? I think in Philosophy 101 when we were studying Karl Marx. My question, and I've posed this before in numerous different situations, although primarily with children, is, Is equal always fair?
The communities that value local education will, as in times past, rise up, roll up their sleeves for their schools, work concessions, start Booster organizations, and organize fund raisers. Some communities lack that stamina or those go-getting individuals or businesses for economic support. By equalizing the playing field, won't those "richer" communities still be rich?
Oh, I see what the Democrats' next proposition will be....the money that those "rich" communities raise for their schools, teams, bands, activities, and so on, should actually be first given to the State, so the State can then divvy it up to make sure the proceeds from the Bake Sale go to communities who lack the means to hold a Bake Sale themselves.
For example, in my community in Southeast Iowa, we have an annual Cake Auction. Yes, Cakes are auctioned off. It has become quite a social event to see which cake can garner the highest bid. I believe one has sold in the several thousands of dollars in the past. In fact, it becomes quite a competition among bakers to see who can produce the tallest, fattest, best spirited cake. So the $17,000 it raises shouldn't go to the Athletic Program of just this one school. That's not fair!!! What about that little school down the road just 15 miles or so? It's Athletic Program needs money, too. Let's take a portion of that $17 grand and give it to that little school. That would be fair, now wouldn't it?
Ok, I see what you're going to say. These are taxes we're talking about, not charity. People HAVE to pay taxes. Taxes should be dolled out equally.
In the end, equal is still not always fair. There are going to be communities that are still going to have bigger and better equipment. Better and brighter teachers. Nicer and plusher buildings.
Do with what you have and Get Over It.
This latest fee increase and tax are just an example of the tiny steps our representatives are taking away from individual liberties and capitalism and giant leaps toward socialism.
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