Have you ever noticed that Democrats and many Republicans never seem to think that spending hurts the budget. In Virginia, Governor Mark Warner has been really been praising tax increases lately, which leads me to believe that he's going to try to raise my state taxes soon. Apparently, I cannot blame Warner, however.

CNN notes that Warner claims that President Bush is to blame for the state's fiscal troubles. Warner alleges that the Bush tax cut, (that we are only just now starting to get) wiped out the budget surplus that tax and spend democrats worked so hard to create.

Meanwhile, Warner has been a model governor, working double time to preserve the high rate of taxation for Virginian's. Even though the Virginia legislature voted to repeal the death tax back in March, Warner vetoed the bill. Warner wants to be first in line with his hand out when someone kicks the bucket. I can hear him saying it now, "Sorry for your loss, now give me that money!"

Owen Courreges notes that Warner's fuzzy math skills and attitude toward taxes come from his devout religious beliefs. When DC wanted to cut in on Warner's action with a commuter tax on us Virginians, Warner acted like a pimp protecting his bitches. Warner claimed that as Governor of Virginia, it was his job to seize Virginian's money, not DC's. "D.C. should have the right to raise taxes on its own citizens as much as it would like," Warner said. "That's a God-given American right. But the idea that somehow the District is going to go out and raise taxes on Virginia residents, that's not something I support."

So, there it is, right out of the bible. So, the next time some politician raises your taxes, remember, it's all George Bush's fault, and it's also his "God-given American right".