Pete Goicoechea: RINO

Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum

Several Assembly Republicans said they supported the spending in the budget but not the particular tax increases being used to pay for it, particularly the payroll tax.

"Although I never totally reached accord as far as the type of revenue we needed, I do support and worked with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to develop a budget that will ... at least sustain essential services," said Assemblyman Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka.

Can you believe this RINO?! I smoked but I didn't inhale. What's the point of voting FOR bigger government and AGAINST higher taxes? Higher spending has to paid for somehow. I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to fund it. The only "essential" services are the one mandated by the Constitution:

1. Three branches
2. Milita
3. One public school per district (18 statewide)
4. Three University Departments (Mining, Agriculture, and Engineering)
5. Prisons
6. Juvenile Hall
7. Institutions for the Mental Cases and Physically Handicapped

and that's it! Everything else is WASTE, and should be ELIMINATED. Small, constitutional government could be funded for only $100M per year, and probably less.