Ever do a little, polite, considerate favor for a friend, maybe trimming the grass on the sidewalk clear to your neighbor’s driveway, not just stopping at the property line?
Well, we saw one of those little, considerate favors last week on the floor of the House when legislators debated that tax-increase bill, the one that pulls about $400 million out of our pockets and deposits it in the State General Fund.
The favor, in the building where the public wants to know every detail of every bill and who voted for it and who voted against it, was simply not doing that.
Eventually legislators are going to have to pass a tax increase bill and a budget for the state. Those are going to be ugly votes. Nobody likes taxes, and legislators who stand for reelection next year—after those taxes have taken effect and are pulling money out of your wallet—don’t like voting for them.