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Some people in this chamber love the Constitution more than the love the safety of this nation.

We should all send President bush a letter thanking him for protecting us.

Wow…he really is a piece of work…

Left In Alabama:: Sessions on the floor of the senate

I can certainly appreciate anyone is passionate about politics, but Brian is just flat wrong:

The result is that support for replacing the federal income tax with a national consumption tax is broad and deep - especially among the politically engaged.

A poll done by the Tax Foundation came to a very different conclusion:

We then asked people what system they would prefer for collecting federal taxes: the current system with deductions; a flat-rate system with no deductions; or a national sales tax. By nearly a 2 to 1 margin, respondents favored a flat-rate system with no deductions over the current system or a national sales tax.

While the same poll indicated that outright opposition is declining, that doesn’t equate to support. As for Brian’s argument that the so-called “Fair Tax” deserves more consideration than a new constitution for the State of Alabama because at least there is a fully-fleshed out plan we can debate on its merits…

All of us are more than willing to debate Mr. Huckabee’s, or anyone else’s, tax plan, but we also have a right to state our belief that going down the road to a national sales tax is not where we want to head. Whereas, many of the same people do want to head down the path toward a new constitution in Alabama, no matter the result.

Flashpoint » Blog Archive » As Huckabee rises, the FairTax follows

It’s not looking good for the Alabama education budget this year.

<blockquote>

State Finance Director Jim Main said it was too early to
be definite, but withdrawals of anywhere from $100 million
to $300 million were possible, perhaps as soon as February.

Teachers’ lobbyist Paul Hubbert predicted $400
million or more could be withdrawn.

And the money problem likely isn’t just a one-year
deal.

The more Riley spends from savings to maintain budgeted
education spending in the 2008 fiscal year, which began Oct.
1, the worse the state’s revenue outlook will be for
next year.

Hubbert said state education spending in the 2009 fiscal
year could be lower than this year’s budgeted spending
of $6.7 billion.

“Well, I hope not, but that’s certainly a
possible scenario,” said Hubbert, who is executive
secretary of the Alabama Education Association.</blockquote>

Birmingham News: Alabama may have to dip into reserves to fully fund education in 2008

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