Democrats Round II: Revenues

The trio of Democratic leaders–the governor, Speaker Dillon and Senate Dem Leader Prusi–are now behind a proposal to raise just under $400 million in new revenues for 2010 and it is expected to go public tomorrow with a series of votes in the state House. Revenue sharing to local governments, Promise grants, Medicaid, libraries and…

Raise My Taxes — Please!

Watching the budget negotiations unravel these past few weeks, monitoring the chatter of progressives stupefied by the behavior of our elected officials, and wondering why in the world our Democratic majority is behaving like a minority, it occurred to me: They’re afraid. Lawmakers, let me assuage your fears. Do not be afraid to raise my taxes. In…