It’s Friday night and I’m sitting
at home. I wanted to take my family of five to the Hutchinson Community Theater
to see their performance of Sherlock Holmes, but I can’t because my bi-weekly
paycheck is missing $60. Let’s do a little detective work and solve the mystery
of the missing money.
Actually, this case of whodunit is
easy to solve. First, Congress created a fiscal “lions, tigers, and bears” façade
that threatened ominous ruin of the economy. Then, you—a Republican—went along with
Democrats at the start of the year and voted in favor of President Obama’s Fiscal
Cliff Package (H.R. 8), which didn’t just raise taxes on the “rich,” but burdened
every working stiff with an expired-and-reinstated 2% social security tax
increase. Finally, you assured constituents (Kansas Common Sense Newsletter,
January 7) that while you still don’t like higher taxes, it was necessary to
maintain some semblance of the status quo, except now life is more difficult
for me and thousands of Kansans.
Because you wouldn’t fight on
conservative principle, and instead acquiesced to getting along with well-dressed
colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I’ll be making about $1,500-$1,600
less this year than last.
Senator Moran, let there be no
mystery about how I feel—I’m furious, angry, and disgusted. Please, no more empty
words. Cast votes that reflect conservative values. Or, get out of the Senate.
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