Thursday, April 02, 2009

This week, I will vote against the massive $3.6 trillion budget proposed by President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress, and Texans deserve to understand why. I believe this budget taxes too much, spends too much and borrows too much. This budget will delay economic recovery in Texas and across the nation, and it will reduce opportunities for all of us.

via Cornyn: Why I’m voting against the budget.

What does it mean when a conservative Republican Senator tries to stake a claim to the policies that were used to create the growth economy of the most liberal city in his state? Is this another case of Republican reality? Could the reason for the job growth he is bragging about be the fact that wages in Texas suck? Could it be that taxes in Texas are some of the lowest i n the nation because the state supplies less service to it’s citizens than any state in the country…Except for it’s fellow states across the Republican South.

I have worked to bring successful Texas policies to Washington, especially our policy of keeping taxes low. Once again this year I offered an amendment to make it harder for Congress to increase taxes in future budgets. Had this amendment been adopted last year, 60 votes in the Senate would be required today to increase taxes on America’s families and small businesses.

via Cornyn: Why I’m voting against the budget.

Only a Republican from Texas would see this claim as something to brag about. The successful Texas policies he is claiming bragging rights to have kept his (and my) state at in the bottom ten percent of almost all measurements that are used to rate the quality of life in a state. As the past decade and the economic meltdown have shown, Texas Republicans and their deregulate at all costs, have has a major role to play in every part of this economic crisis. From Tom DeLay to Phil Gramm, from Ken Lay to Allen Stanford we just do it futher to the right than any where else…