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Also I am sick of the "my local taxes went up because of the Federal cuts" line. First I will say that good, local control and accountability are what we need.

Second, the fact is most states and localities were making money hand over fist in the 90's. Tell me you didn't notice all the State and county projects going on in your area. In essence they spent like drunken sailors because they could. The idiots never stopped to think the train might slow down. So now they(you) have to pay the piper for their foolish actions. Had they maintained a reasonible level of spending during the boom there wouldn't be a problem. The Federal government has virtually no affect on your property tax. And don't give me education cuts, there were NO cuts, none zero nada. In fact they were increased. Your state/local governments are BSing you to cover their own asses."hey it's not our fault they cut our funding". LIE, you are getting more money with each passing year, you just spend it so foolishly it doesn't keep up. Again NO cuts NONE.