What a Tax-and-Spend Governor (Indiana)!!!!

[Roland99]

Daniels signs cigarette tax increase and health bill for Indiana
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/News01/70510042

About 300 people cheered and applauded Thursday after Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a bill into law that will increase cigarette taxes by 44 cents per pack to help provide health insurance to more Hoosiers and fund other medical care initiatives.

Daniels said the higher tax alone should lead to a reduction in smoking and keep many youngsters from taking up the habit. But he also praised the pending, new health insurance program as one that will help thousands of people acquire coverage and provide immunizations for more children.

"Today we are taking a long step toward a dream of a healthier Indiana," Daniels said to the crowd in the north atrium of the Statehouse before signing the bill.

The tax increase, which takes effect July 1, is expected to bring in $206 million more annually. If the federal government approves the health plan, money from the tax increase could leverage more federal dollars and bring in a combined $750 million to $800 million a year, officials said.

Oh, btw, Mitch Daniels is a Republican and a former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget in the Bush administration!!

[and-justice-for-all]

1. Someone who wants to keep his job really bad....

..This does not excuse the I-69 mess he instigated and I will still vote him out of office just because he licks Bushies ass.

[Roland99]

2. Well, what's interesting is Ann Northup, Repub. Gov. candidate here in KY.....

is running an ad right now for her gubernatorial campaign that rails against letting liberals get the Governor's office because they'll tax and spend.

When, right across the river.....


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[and-justice-for-all]

3. "Tax and Spend"?? Now thats old hat isnt it??

Please, what kind of Gov. is Northup if she cant even comprehend basic economic. How the hell does she think we are going to pay back all the those foreign loans + interest? We tax to pay our debts and Rethugs SPEND with no plan to pay that money back.

She seems to think that money grows on trees and that any loan isnt a loan, its just a gift. the trillion dollar bushCo deficeit is not FREE MONEY!! Northup needs to get a fucking clue.

DEMS: Tax appropriatly and Spend wisely
Repukes: Tax unfairly and spend insanely.