You think Senator Joe from Alaska is going to listen to my out of state request because I paid a tax in Iowa when I don’t reside in either state? It’s already bad enough that we receive form letters for any communications that don’t really address issues we are concerned with within state.

This is nothing but states looking for new ways to get funding without having to rein in the porkbarrels or benefits that are sacred if they want to keep their offices. I suspect we are on the verge of seeing a new recession coming from the out of control spending in Washington to finance an unpopular war and a whole new branch of government, not to mention the wholesale spying on citizens. That payment will be coming due for the next twenty years or better.

So the easy way to get funding is to create new taxes where none existed before. Here is a prime example of new funding creation.