re: #31 TedStriker

yep. Here’s another thing though. I haven’t ever had a Democrat or even sane Republican to vote for where I live. On a federal or state level. They run unopposed every stinking election, or nearly every time. I’ve lived in the same part of Georgia for 20 years, I’ve had one Democrat oppose the federal level rep. Twice on the state level there have been Democratic challengers and they both lost by enormous margins. Our party apparatus here is pathetic too, once you get out of Atlanta, Athens and maybe Macon, there is next to nothing in place for Democrats. What do you do then?

Now they’re talking about lowering the state income tax to less than 4 percent and raising the sales taxes which are already at 6-8 percent in most places. To make things more “business friendly”. Who will that hurt? Middle class and poor people. We’re short teachers, school bus routes are being cut (which is creating traffic nightmares in the mornings) and a whole host of other issues. The GOP is in charge here, they never let us forget it either. If they win this one, the state is going to fall farther behind. It’s got to the point that if you speak out here you run the risk of having a gun pointed at you.