Next time a GOP candidate for State office or candidate for Nevada Assembly or Senate come to you promising you something, you can laugh at them, punch them in the face or spit in their eye. Because when they open up their mouth, they are lying, especially many of the GOP persuasion.
From the Las Vegas Sun: The Senate voted 15-6 today to pass legislation extending the 2009 tax increases, sending the last major bill implementing a hard-fought budget compromise to Gov. Brian Sandoval.
In a series of speeches before the vote, senators from both sides acknowledged promises made and broken for the good of a compromise that will mean significant cuts to education and government services, but will keep the state running for another two years.
“I didn’t expect to be in the position I’m in now, ultimately breaking the promise I made to a lot of people not to lift the sunsets,” state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, said before voting in favor of Assembly Bill 561, which will add $620 million to the $6.7 million spending compromise. “I don’t do it lightly. But I believe when the Supreme Court decision came down, the facts that led me to my decision changed and I needed to reevaluate the funds.”
The Nevada Supreme Court decision prohibiting the state from taking local tax dollars was catalyst for the budget compromise, forcing Sandoval to replace $656 million in local revenue by extending the 2009 tax increase - a reversal of his own promise not to do so.
The budget compromise split the Republican caucuses in both houses. The agreement was opposed by Republicans who signed pledges not to raise taxes; and others were unhappy with the policy changes Democrats made in exchange for lifting the sunsets; and some didn't believe the court decision opened such a big hole in the budget.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jun/06/legislature-votes-extend-2009-increases-adding-620/
The GOP made promises that they would not raise taxes and they promised that they would let taxes that were due to expire, the GOP said they would let them expire. But they didn't do that.
The GOP and Governor Sandoval lied.
Now, government agencies like the Clark County School District is going to ask it's employees to take a pay cut while refusing to cut the fat in their budget.
They are going to let the local cities and towns keep paying bloated salaries to it's employees and not cut the fat from their budgets. All because the Governor and the GOP Senators and Assembly weaklings chose to take the easy way out.
They are trying to make the Nevada Supreme Court look like the villain but the Supreme Court were just the enablers.
There have been a lot conservatives who went to bat for the Governor and the conservatives in the Assembly and Senateregarding taxes and they let us down. Big time.
So, next time the governor and members of the GOP Senate and Assembly come asking for donations, tell them to stick it up their butt holes.
So, what does Brian Sandoval and the GOP legislators have in common with Anthony Weiner?Like Anthony Weiner, they are liars, just without the pictures.
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