Longtime FR friend Frank Schubert writes a weekly column on his website, Frank’s Rants.  When I read his latest one, I thought it was a perspective definitely worth sharing, and Frank gave me a green light to reprint it, in full, here.  A "must read" for every Republican legislator in the Capitol — especially those in the State Assembly – Flash

Caution Assembly Republicans: Following Governor Schwarzenegger Could Be Fatal To Your Career
By Frank Schubert

Governor Schwarzenegger is barnstorming the state telling anyone who will listen that he’s apparently ready to sign off on a budget deal that includes higher revenues combined with budget cuts. Now Schwarzenegger stops ever so short of outright advocating for a tax increase. Instead, he talks openly about “everything being on the table,” a “balanced budget solution,”  “closing loopholes,” enacting new user “fees,” a “creative approach” to balancing the budget, and similar euphemisms.

All of that is code for raising taxes.

**There is more – click the link**

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