I saw this from Johnny Isakson’s Twitter account, and I literally laughed out loud:
“Isakson Honored with ‘Taxpayers’ Friend’ Award for Strong Commitment to Reducing Taxes, Federal Debt: http://bit.ly/c0EOTo“
Johnny Isakson is a friend of taxpayers? Really?
He’s overseen massive growth of the federal government. He’s pushed for the reinflation of the housing market. He voted for TARP. He recently got $5 million for the preservation of papers from Dr. King. He’s a big-government RINO with a government solution to every problem – and he got an award for being a friend of taxpayers.
As far as the part of that award that has to do with reducing federal debt, Isakson recently said “The best way to get out of debt is to raise your income.” Forget cutting spending, let’s raise income! If you’re thinking that doesn’t make sense, you’re not the only one.
Johnny Isakson is a friend of taxpayers when John Wayne Gacy is a friend of little boys. Yeah, you think it’s all great when he shows up with candy at your GOP meeting and invites you into his van. The candy tastes great, but what comes later is not pretty.
Don’t be fooled by the candy. You don’t want it.
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My name is Andrew Moylan and I’m Director of Government Affairs for the National Taxpayers Union. I’d like to explain a little about why Senator Isakson won our Taxpayers’ Friend Award.
Our annual Rating of Congress includes every single roll call vote on tax and fiscal policy. We weight them based on importance (things like government-run health care get 100 points, minor programs get just a few) and then see how each Member’s voting record stacks up. For 2009, we included 227 Senate roll call votes on just about every fiscal issue imaginable.
Our Rating does NOT, however, look at anything but the roll call votes cast on the floor of the Senate that year. That means that a Member’s stated positions on issues that don’t receive floor votes or votes that they cast in 2008 (like on the Wall Street bailout, which we vehemently opposed and gave the maximum weight of 100 points) aren’t included in the 2009 Rating.
We do the math based on a long-established methodology and let the chips fall where they may. In 2009, Senator Isakson voted the right way and got a 90%. In 2008, when he voted for TARP, he received a 50%
If any of your readers are interested in educating themselves more about the Rating or looking up the 227 votes that we included, they can go to http://www.ntu.org/on-capitol-hill/ntu-rates-congress/. If that’s not enough, I’d be happy to answer specific questions by phone: 703-683-5700. Just ask for me.