Washington County Republican Party

I’LL GLADLY PAY YOU TUESDAY FOR A TAX INCREASE TODAY
November 23, 2011

Bored with the Penn State scandal because it didn’t implicate any prominent Republicans, the mainstream media have suddenly become obsessed with Grover Norquist’s “Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” They are monomaniacally fixated on luring Republicans into raising taxes.

If Democrats could balance the budget tomorrow and quadruple government spending, they’d refuse the deal unless they could also make Republicans break their tax pledge. That is their single-minded goal.

But the media are trying to turn it around and say that it’s Republicans who are crazy for refusing to consider raising taxes no matter how much they get in spending cuts.
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Concerned after reading that 100 House members signed a letter “putting everything on the table”, including revenue increases, the Washington County Republican Party central committee wrote and approved the following letter to Congressman Fortenberry on Monday November 14, 2011.
On Thursday November 17, 2011, Congressman responded with this letter.

We are encouraging all to add their comments to this post. We want to make sure that Congressman Fortenberry hears the concerns from his constituents in the district.