Remember when Barry said, just recently, that he was going to put himself together a little list of those in Congress who we being naughty? Well it seems that a group that advocates for economic freedom, imagine that, has unveiled its initial list of "naughty and nice" legislators as part of a new initiative aimed at pressuring Congress not to raise taxes. "This site is an entertaining, witty, initiative that engages Americans on the lame duck issues in a new way," said Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips. "We’re always looking for new and innovative ways to help activists engage, and Merry Taxmas fully integrates social media and citizen activism to urge Members of Congress to do the right thing." And in keeping with the season what better way could there possibly be to point out those members of Congress who are doing their best to demonstrate that they are a modern day Ebenezer Scrooge.
On the naughty list are Sens. Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, ‘Little Dick’ Durbin, Lindsey Graham, and Patty Murray as well as Reps. Scott Garrett, Jim Jordan, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, and Steve Scalise-Republicans all. Over there on the nice list we have Sens. Jim DeMint, Pat Toomey, Jeff Sessions and Rand Paul as well as Reps. Scott Garrett, Jim Jordan, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo and Steve Scalise. The Merry Taxmas website instructs people to click on a photo of the lawmaker to send them a message, whether they are naughty or nice. Step two calls for choosing a Merry Taxmas card to share with family or friends online, and step three involves sending a personal message to the lawmaker asking them "not to be a Grinch this holiday season and to keep their promise to not raise taxes." Higher taxes are not the cure to what ails us, it’s our out-of-control spending!
So here are some of the Merry Taxmas card messages that have been left: "You’ll tax your eye out, kid.", "The Fiscal Cliff: Tax cuts roasting on an open fire.", "Every time Congress cuts taxes, an angel gets his wings." ,"I’d actually like some coal for Christmas." "Tax credits for wind? Bah, Humbug!" and "Dashing through the snow…and over the fiscal cliff." But, the bottom line here is no matter who winds up on the list, or off the list, we seem to be saddled with politicians, some of which, who apparently find it quite easy to simply break promises made if they become too difficult to keep. They would rather take the easy way out instead of doing what they were sent to Congress to do, which is work. They seem to be quite willing to throw those us who still pay taxes under the bus, in the hopes that we’ll forget their treachery and believing that we’ll have no other options, vote for them again. That chain must be broken!
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