Another Taxpayer Action Alert from Citizens Against Government Waste:
We need your help today to stop the House of Representatives from enacting a pork-laden, budget-busting transportation bill!
President Bush requested $256 billion in transportation spending in his fiscal 2005 budget, but the House is considering passing a six-year surface transportation bill that would cost as much as $375 billion--and include an increase in the federal gas tax! . . . [T]ell your U.S. Representative today to display fiscal responsibility and stick to the President's original $256 billion proposal.
The Senate has already passed a $318 billion transportation bill that, among other things, would adjust the tax code to increase revenue--in clear violation of the President's requirements that any highway bill under consideration should not increase taxes or add to the deficit, or resort to accounting gimmicks that hide its true costs.
Now, we must hold the line in the House.
Transportation bills have traditionally been vehicles for Members of Congress to bring home the bacon, and many lawmakers are squealing at the spending restraints imposed by the President. But with the nation facing a $521 billion deficit this year, taxpayers simply can't afford any more special-interest projects. What's more increasing the gas tax, which currently stands at 18.4 cents per gallon, at a time of record-high gas prices will only strain the economy and punish hard-working taxpayers.
Click here to tell your U.S. Representative to exercise fiscal restraint and oppose any transportation bill that exceeds the President's budget request. Transportation lobbyists and their allies in the House will not give up easily on passing a transportation bill that will bust the budget with special interest earmarks. Please act today!
Bonus Links:
For another in the series of great moments in public education, click here .
If you haven't already read Charles Krauthammer's speech to the American Enterprise Institute on Democratic Realism, do!
Recently, Brent Bozell had some poignant fun with critics of The Passion.
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