Can you believe it some liberals in Massachusetts are outraged by a tax?  That’s right, they are upset a tax is being levied. 

What is is this outrageous tax?  Sheriff Tom Hodgson is charging inmates $5 per day for cost of care.  According to Denise Lavoie’s article inmate advocates believe this violates their “constitutional rights and amounted to an unlawful tax.”  Maybe Sheriff Hodgson could call it a sales tax and that would be ok?    What constitutional right?  The Right to be a burden on society?

Sheriff Hodgson believes that this payment requirement helps teach prisoners responsibility for their actions.   Isn’t that one of the main reasons we lock people up?

His plan is good both for the inmates and the Commonwealth!  What a refreshing change from the news that Gitmo detainees are getting the swine flu vaccine before our nation’s law abiding citizens!

Yesterday Foxborough Campaign School was a complete success.  We had a full room of 80 Republican candidates and activists who are energized to take on Beacon Hill!

Foxborough Republican Town Committee Chairwoman Angela Davis put on a terrific seminar.  Our special luncheon speaker, Michael Graham, hit a home-run with his presentation.  He did a great job of  pointing out the failures of our Massachusetts elected officials using his special brand of humor.

Chip Faulkner of Citizens for Limited Taxation, Representatives George Peterson, Betty Poirier, and Jay Barrows gave some good advice along Republican leaders Brad Jones and Rich Tisei. 

Watch out Democrats we have a great crop of candidates coming against you in 2010!

Update–Oops!  I forgot to mention our school was voluntary for Republican candidates.

Happy Halloween.  Beware next year you may be paying more for gasoline.

 Yesterday our new Transportation Secretary of the Commonwealth would not rule out hiking the gas tax.  I guess that is to be expected from a Deval appointee. 

The 2010 re-election promises for Deval Patrick are so far include a graduated income tax and an increase in the gas tax.  What happened to the days of lowering our property taxes?

Let the count down of the Patrick Administration begin.

Yesterday Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a monster.  It is alive and it is the latest version of the health care bill estimated to cost between $900 billion to $1 trillion.  The 1990 page bill weighs 19 pounds.  It comes out to be $2 million per word.

The Pelosi bill will raise taxes by $500 billion which means our highest tax rate will be between 50 to 60%.  Many of the people hurt by these new taxes are small business owners who create most of the new jobs in the country.  We might as well create a tombstone for jobs because this bill is a jobs killer.

According to Pelosi the rest of the bill is paid for by finding $500 billion in savings.  Yeah right!  When has government ever saved a dime.  These savings will be as non-existent or invisible as the promised savings for the Massachusetts health care law.

The Pelosi bill estimates that insurance can be supplied to people for a price of $2483 per person.  It is a fantasyland prediction.  The national average for insurance coverage is $4700.  My own insurance costs $5200 per year.

This health care bill is a trick not a treat!

For a treat read the Republican alternative.

Edmunds.com is reporting that it cost taxpayers $24,000 per car for the cash for clunkers program.   A car giveaway would have been a better idea.

According to the report there was only a small increase in car sales due to the cash for clunkers program.  Most of the cars would have been sold regardless of the federal program.  Edmunds.com states that only 125,000 cars were sold. If you divide $3 billion by 125,000 it results in a $24,000 price tag for each car.

Do you still want the federal government to take over health care???

It looks like government run health care is on life support with Senator Joe Lieberman pulling the plug.  Sen. Lieberman will lead a filibuster to stop Harry Reid’s secret bill.

Seriously, if the bill was any good wouldn’t you release the details?   When is the era of transparency going to begin?  I thought Obama and Democrat leaders were going to change the culture in DC.    Well, it has changed just not for the better.

Let’s be clear Democrats are not interested in making health care more affordable.  They only want to create a single payer system to make more people dependent on the government.  If they really cared about costs, then they would go after their trial attorney friends.

Republicans have better ideas for reforming health care.  Please click here to read more about their alternatives to socialism.

Update:

Here are some facts on medical liability costs:

According to the American Hospital Association 45% of hospitals have reported lost of doctors in emergency rooms due to liability issues.

Between 2000 to 2004,  the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that 17% of Massachusetts medical liability cases paid claims over $1 million.

Another report records that 40% of medical liability claims filed had no merit.  Yet, it costs a doctor more than $100,000 in legal costs.

A 2005 Health and Human Service report estimated that defensive medicine cost between $99 to $179 billion per year.

According to Open Secrets, trial attorneys have  donated $27 million to Democrats this year.  81% of the time they give to Democrats!

There should be a penalty or fine for candidates who commit false advertising.  Governor Patrick is a prime example with his phony claims in 2006 of lowering our property taxes which never happened.

Now that we are in the middle of a Special Election for the vacant Senate seat,  we are witnessing once again false advertising.  Our Attorney General Martha Coakley is promising to be a “different kind of leader.”  Despite her wearing a skirt, she is part of the Bacon Hill gang.  On her website she brags about endorsements from 72 State Representatives.  21 of the House members are three strikers which means they voted to increase our sales tax, keep Bunker Hill Day and re-elect Speaker Sal DiMasi.  She also has the support of Senator Rob O’Leary and Rep. Demetrius Atsalis who failed to file their tax returns like the rest of us. 

Three Striker Jim Vallee stated the following about Coakley in the press release –”I’m proud to stand with Martha Coakley because I’m confident that she will be a thoughtful steward of taxpayers’ dollars.”  Really?  I guess he missed the debate the other night when she sided with the illegal aliens and supported government run health care.  Voters would be wise not to trust Jim Vallee who is a fan of higher taxes and corrupt Speakers.

Coakley also advertises on her web site an award she received from Health Care for All.  I know it sounds like a noble group, but they have been long term supporters of hiking taxes in Massachusetts.

With all that being said about Coakley, there is not a dime’s worth of difference between all the Democrat Senate candidates.  Not one of them suggested how to save one taxpayer dollar the other night during the debate.  All they want to do is further bankrupt and socialize our nation. 

My recommendation is to balance the Commonwealth’s federal delegation by voting Republican!  We need diversity!

If the Massachusetts Republican Party is to rebuild, they should go no further than Foxboro for a model to follow.

Under the leadership of Chairwoman Angela Davis, the Foxboro Republican Town Committee has become a powerhouse.  For example this week Foxboro has donated substantial funds to the following candidates: Scott Brown, Charlie Baker, Jay Barrows, Betty Poirier and Richard Ross.  Not only has Foxboro become a dominant player in fundraising, but they also have the strongest grassroots organization in the state.  Foxboro collected 2477 nomination signatures for Senator Scott Brown’s candidacy which more than other group in the state.

Next on Davis’ agenda is the campaign school this Sunday with WTKK’s Michael Graham, Senator Rich Tisei, Representative Brad Jones, CLT’s Chip Faulkner and Representative George Peterson.  The room is almost sold out so if you want to be part of it, email me ASAP. 

Had enough of Bacon Hill politics?   We need a few good people with courage to fight for common sense in the Commonwealth.  Please consider this your call to action.  

The time to take action is now. We need people to run for the Massachusetts legislature so we can put this state back on track. Are you ready for the challenge?

Let’s make the Democrats defend their votes of raising the sales tax, re-electing Speaker DiMasi, preserving Bunker Hill Day, etc.

Please join me and Michael Graham for a full day campaign school on Sunday, November 1st at the Lafayette House in Foxborough on route 1. Senator Richard Tisei, Representative Brad Jones, Representative George Peterson, and Chip Faulkner will be sharing key advice on how to run successful campaigns.

If we are to beat these irresponsible Democrats, then we must start early. I hope you will join me and Michael on November 1st. Please email me to reserve your spot!

Also tune into WTKK this Friday at 1pm, when I join Michael Graham for his weekly roundtable. 

Update: Space is limited so please sign up ASAP.  We are running out of room!

There is no difference between the tax and spend liberal Democrat candidates!  Not one of them suggested ONE WAY they would cut federal spending.  In fact, they want to spend more and more government tax dollars. 

We cannot afford them in the Senate!