And the punchline is?

Take a few moments to read an article about a proposed tax increase in Gwinnett county, Georgia. Amazingly enough, Gwinnett County Commissioners (I'm glad I do not live in that county) have announced that they plan to increase taxes 25 to 30 percent. $43 million dollars of the projected $87 million raised would not be spent this year, but will be put into something commissioners call a "working capital reserve".

What? In this economic environment, when income taxes are going to increase thanks to the Federal government, and home foreclosures are on the rise in the Atlanta area, the county commission decides that it is a good thing to raise taxes?

The insanity is obviously not limited to the left in Washington. What kind of ridiculous Statist morons did the people of Gwinnett County elect? What left leaning, over taxing liberals are leading that county? Check out the Gwinnett County website for the biographies of the County Commissioners...

So what is the punchline, or the point? The point is that each of these Statists are also Members of the Republican party. In the words of Paul Harvey "...and now you know the rest of the story."