Facing Deval's gas tax nightmare!

(Article 2-23-09)

Gov. proposes gas tax hike leaving out hidden secret

by Donnie Bernabei
DNN Staff – EXCLUSIVE!
Monday, Feb. 23, 2009

First just a few questions.

How many of you are so fed up with Gov. Deval Patrick that you would like to meet him in a dark alley to settle some of your differences with him? I bet by the time you finish reading this piece the line will more than double.

Here's just two more questions I have, this time for our liberal friends:

How many of you thought Patrick was a generous guy when he chose to only raise the gas tax 19 cents instead of his original proposal of 29 cents on a gallon-of-gasoline? Better off yet... How many of you thought Patrick was a swell guy after choosing to raise the gas tax instead of the tolls?

The show of hands was nothing but overwhelming at his formal breakfast that he threw last week when the Beautiful People showed their support. Here's a bigger laugh: Patrick went on to say that his proposal would only cost the average consumer an extra large cup of coffee per week. Little does he know that most people in today's day and age brew their coffee at home. And little do the Beautiful People know how much they will be getting hosed again regarding Patrick's gas tax hike proposal.

Here's the secret:

You see Patrick made sure that his proposal was linked to what we call The Consumer Price Index. So if inflation goes up so will the gas tax. Not only will you have to worry about the cost of gasoline rising, you will also have to include inflation as another key factor.

Now if this is passed swiftly, Massachusetts will own the highest gas tax in the country. What else is new around these parts? The proposed 19 cent tax hike would bring it to 42.5 cents for a gallon-of-gasoline.

So you might as well forget about not being a scape goat during a recession around the parts. Let's tax the people to death to make up for all the irresponsibility and corruption that this government has caused. This is how it works in Massachusetts when you got a one party rule of liberals governing our state. And how many times did I warn everyone about voting this way?

Ultimately, I've always thought that the only way to stimulate our economy is to reduce taxes on businesses, which in return would allow them to hire more people. Employed people make better consumers. An increase in consumer confidence is what our ailing economy needs.

The liberals running this state tend to differ.

They believe by taxing you to death that it will fix everything during a recession. Little do they know that when this happens people have less money to spend and puts fear in their buying habits. And when people buy less it forces businesses to earn less profits, causing them to layoff a good chunk of their workforce with some even having to close up shop entirely.

So this is what's happening around here.

Next, we'll see what's going on with the toll hikes that are being proposed by Pike board members again. Then, there's that 1 percent meals tax hike statewide. The MBTA will probably follow suite. Then we'll have to take more of an in depth look on what the loons up on Beacon Hill are working on. That is wanting to place a computer chip in your inspection sticker so they can charge you on every mile you drive.

So, do you still think this will only cost us one extra large cup of coffee each week, Deval? The question I have for you is how many more cups will we have to buy? That's if we even have the money to buy them by the time you get done.

Correct me if I'm wrong? I bet before the year 2010 is out that Deval will then get the message. You see by that time, even many of the Beautiful People we have in this state would have woken up, making it their turn to finally send him a message.

"Anyone accept Deval Patrick for governor!"

At a formal breakfast, Gov. Deval Patrick (above) states
how his gas tax proposal would only cost the average
consumer an extra large cup of coffee per week.
(DNN Staff photo)