"Mr. President, I probably come at this from a slightly different perspective. I remember when FDR beat Hoover in 1932. So I remember the Great Depression very well. I don't remember any of the many government programs affecting the course of the Depression. Government programs didn't work then, I don't know why we think they would work now. Mr. President, I think our obsessive borrowing has fully mortgaged my kids and my grandkids. Now we're working on mortgaging my two great-grandkids. Mr. President, I think it's more than a little bit selfish to try to solve our economic problems which we created by burdening future generations yet to be born."
- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md
Several years ago I met Roscoe Bartlett at a Young Republican event and ever since I've been disappointed that I'm not in his district.
I don't know if he still does it, but for years he would introduce a bill to the House that would move Tax Day from April 15 to October 15. If you think about it, April 15 is about as far away on the calendar from Election day as is possible. Move it up any earlier, or later, and you may still have taxes on your mind when you vote. Now, we can't have that in a democracy can we?
Rep. Bartlett's bill would move Tax Day to just one month before the election. That way, the voters would have it fresh in their minds just how much money the government took away from them when they head into the voting booth. Of course, his bill never went anywhere, but he kept reintroducing it anyway. Now that's my kind of politician... If only the rest of the Republican party were like him.
Plus, how could you NOT vote for a man named Roscoe?
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