Tax ’em ’til they croak

I’m like many of you; I use all of those “email your congressional representative today!” automated emails – I know they don’t read them, and they don’t care about what I think, but I like the idea of some goofy pimpled-face intern answering all of the email. It must be the ROTC TACNCO in me that likes to see college kids do useless stuff.

But anyway, one of my communist Senators, Barbara Mikulski, possibly the ugliest woman to ever darken the doorways of the Senate chambers, had one her interns answer my form letter with her own form letter;

Thank you for contacting me about your concerns about raising federal cigarette taxes. I appreciate hearing from you about this amendment.

        I appreciate knowing of your opposition to taxing cigarettes. Unfortunately, we disagree on this particular issue.

 I am very concerned about the health hazards of smoking. According to the Centers for Disease Control, cigarette smoking is responsible for one out of every five American deaths. It also costs our society billions of dollars each year, adding to our skyrocketing health care costs. I have, for these reasons, supported a cigarette tax because research has shown that it decreases smoking.

       I believe that investment by the federal government in health care is extremely important. New breakthroughs in health care and disease treatment have been made because of the federal investment in medical research. Federal programs in preventative health care and education are also very important in making people healthier and decreasing insurance costs.

        I want you to know that I support cutting taxes whenever possible, but only when the tax cut is responsible and fair. I do not support cuts that are paid for with funds from the budget surplus until we safeguard important domestic programs for future generations. America needs to stay on the course of fiscal responsibility.

      On August 2, 2007, the proposal that would increase funding for public health programs by increasing the federal cigarette tax by $0.61 the Senate overwhelmingly passed this legislation by a vote of 68-31.

 Again, thanks for contacting me. Please let me know if I can be of help to you in the future.

Sincerely,
Barbara A. Mikulski
United States Senator
P.S. If I can be of further assistance in the future,
please visit my website at http://mikulski.senate.gov
or call my Washington D.C. office at 202-224-4654

In other words; I love taxes, they’re wonderful and I’ll use any excuse I can to raise taxes. Just for the record, she says that she supports cutting taxes in most cases, just not this case – Barbara Mikulski, possibly the ugliest woman to ever darken the doorway of the US Senate chambers, has never, in her 31 years in Congress, voted FOR a tax cut and she has never voted AGAINST a tax increase.

So apparently, in her 31 years in Congress, she’s never seen a tax cut that “is responsible and fair. I do not support cuts that are paid for with funds from the budget surplus until we safeguard important domestic programs for future generations”. Which means that she thought the 70% marginal tax rate on upper income people in the 70s (when she was in the House) was completely fair.

And apparently, she was absent when Congress didn’t give a tiny rat’s ass that federal spending was out of control in the 80s.

And she must’ve been a Republican in the 1990s because they were the only ones talking about budget surpluses until Clinton and company discovered it was such a great campaign tool.

And that “budget surplus” line must be left over from the 2001 tax cut battle – update your from letter, ya old cow. 

You’ll notice, she believes that Federal government is the answer to all of society’s ills and taxes will cure heart disease and cancer. Shortsighted, communist that she is.

Sorry, I’m just in an ranting mood today.

Category: Politics