Granholm- Lies, Gas Taxes, and Graduated Taxes

Months after Granholm promised to never again raise taxes on Michigan residents, admitting that the policy of raising taxes and spending that money on government projects does not create a better economy (actually, she just admitted that government taxing/spending was now at the magical proper level), she has proven herself once again to be a liar (liar: someone who is untruthful or misleads). She, like most liberals, is only true to one agenda- more government power over your life.

Two separate stories prove what happens when you support Democrats in politics- Granholm Supports Raising Gas Tax and Granholm Backs Graduated Income Tax. Now, Republicans aren't perfect and support increasing spending sometimes and debate within the party about how big the government should get. But Democrats focus always on raising taxes and increasing government. In these two stories, we see a big-government liberal Democrat Governor Granholm pushing to raise taxes on your travel and to raise taxes on you if you are more successful.

Don't be fooled by either of these taxes- Michigan's roads are poor because the state has chosen not to support them in favor of other policies (like money for seasonal workers to find homes, money for programs for minority groups, money for mansions and helicopters for the Governor, etc) and because our state supports polices that make road maintenance and construction expensive and cumbersome (sweetheart deals, living wage, etc)- not because they are 'underfunded and need more tax dollars.' Don't be fooled by the government mismanagement and corruption into giving them more money.

And don't be fooled by the proposal for a graduated income tax- the tax is not going to 'be more fair' or 'help our state be more equal' the reason the change in tax structure is being pushed is because if the government can make you envy your neighbors wealth, if the government can fool you into believing in class warfare, if the government can make you believe that just because you make less money than your neighbor you have some right to his property, than they can raise taxes on the rich. It is politically unpopular to raise taxes- but it isn't politically unpopular to raise taxes on the rich, so change from a flat tax to a progressive tax, and than it is easier for the liberal Democrats in government to raise taxes and transfer more wealth to them.