So as we wade through this barrage of tax talk, a few odd things are happening. Jim Jackson and Debbie Riddle have sounded off on the tax bill, through an email to House employees and a press release, respectively. My question is, why are these two jumping out in front of the pack. I can understand the Chisums and the Eisslers getting their two cents in, but what do these two reps stand to gain? Is Jackson angling for better influence? Is Riddle completely senile?
Jackson want to blow as much of the surplus as possible, while Riddle wants to cut funding. Doesn't that woman remember the last time the lege cut $10 billion dollars? They had to come back two years later and restore all sorts of funding because their constituents were outraged.
Then there's the talk that the tax bill will be broken up into smaller bills, meaning there's even more chance for mass confusion on the floor of the House. Am I the only one that seems to think that on April 17 there will be 150 different tax plans in the House?
Good luck building a consensus with all the sour grapes in the lege right now. The only thing I can see happening is that some asshole will tuck something like teacher pay raises into a shitty bill to make challenged Dems like Howard and Strama go on the record either for a shitty bill or against pay raises, giving them fodder for campaign literature come November.
RSS
