The Gathering Revolt Against Government Spending (from the Washington Examiner)

By: Michael Barone
Senior Political Analyst
May 23, 2010

This month three members of Congress have been beaten in their bids for re-election -- a Republican senator from Utah, a Democratic congressman from West Virginia and a Republican-turned-Democrat senator from Pennsylvania. Their records and their curricula vitae are different. But they all have one thing in common: They are members of an Appropriations Committee.Like most appropriators, they have based much of their careers on bringing money to their states and districts. There is an old saying on Capitol Hill that there are three parties -- Democrats, Republicans and appropriators. One reason that it has been hard to hold down government spending is that appropriators of both parties have an institutional and political interest in spending.

Their defeats are an indication that spending is not popular this year.

House Republican Letter to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Opposing the VAT Tax Option

The last thing America needs right now is more economic recovery killing taxation.  154 Republicans signed the letter sent to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform opposing the VAT Tax. Kudos to these Republican members of the House who signed onto this letter.

"In a depressed economy, the number one priority of government should be to stimulate job growth.  With unemployment at nearly 10 percent, Americans cannot afford the burden of a new job killing tax.  But this is exactly what a VAT will do.  A VAT will increase the cost of goods and services for all Americans, including the lower and middle classes.  It will tax our manufacturers, sending even more jobs overseas.  And, it will decrease consumption, which will deepen the recession and suppress entrepreneurialism.  This is exactly what has happened in Europe where increased government spending and taxation has led to consistently high unemployment and suppressed economic activity."

“Disappointingly, some in Washington still believe that we must grow our government and the tax base to fix the debt crisis.  Recently the President’s own advisors have suggested that a VAT could be good for America.  Not even a 19 percent VAT was able to save Greece from a full-blown crisis.  We should not expect different results in America.”

http://www.house.gov/pitts/documents/PittsLettertoDebtCommission.pdf

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Happy Meal Toys Could be Banned in California County

Happy Meal Toys Could be Banned in California County

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

County supervisors in California have proposed that toys included in fast-food restaurant meals for kids be banned, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Officials in Santa Clara are convinced that luring kids into eating foods with high sugar, sodium and fat by using toys will make them overweight and cause long term health problems.
This proposal is believed to the first of this type, and would ban the inclusion of a toy in any kids meal with more than 485 calories, 600 mg of salt, or high amounts of sugar or fat. These guidelines would cause all McDonald’s happy meals—even those with apple sticks instead of French fries—to be served without a toy.
Supporters of the ban argue that it will force restaurants to offer nutritious foods to kids. Others have said this is another case of the government getting too involved in parenting decisions.
Click here to read more from the Los Angeles Times

Welcome to the end result of Obamacare folks! Anything that could be deemed a health "crisis" will be harshly dealt with by the bureaucrats who think they know better than you do. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny.