Rossputin.com Rational Thinking About Our World

re "Ref C revenue up by $2 billion" (Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News, 12/22/06)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5230714,00.html

To the Editor:

Just two months ago, the Rocky ran a story about Referendum C being expected to cost taxpayers $300 million more than we were told in the first year, with the State’s budget office predicting that because of recession the total extra amount fleeced from Coloradoans would be only $200 million over 5 years because of a predicted recession.

Now the news is that the 5-year extra take will be $2 billion, or about 60% more of our money than we were told government would keep from Ref C. While the amount has increased massively, the Democrats’ reaction hasn’t. Two months ago, Andrew Romanoff thought the extra $200 million over 5 years was “good news” and this week his reaction to his hand digging deeper into our pockets than even he thought possible was “That’s great news”.

The Democrats argument that the state “lost money” during the recession is just as ridiculous now as it was during the Ref C battle. The state got less because Coloradoans made less. Just as we all must make do during hard times, so must government. We must never forget that the government does not have their own money; they have ours. And how they will have $2 billion more of it, or almost $600 per adult in the state. The question is what they will do with it. So far, we have no reason they will do anything but fatten the hog of government.