Jim Martin #14 & #17: Soft on crime, hard on property taxes

posted at 11:15 am on November 19, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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I missed one of the NRSC web videos produced in the Saxby Chambliss race, so I’ll combine them into one post.  In the first, Jim Martin seems to like increasing all kinds of taxes.  We’ve already covered his predilection for jacking up the sales and income tax rates, but Martin didn’t leave property taxes undisturbed, either:

Why did Martin want all of this money? Not to house violent criminals, apparently:

The debate on parole is actually pretty interesting, and not quite so cut and dried as this paints it. Parole allows the state to place limitations and supervision on released felons, sometimes far past the point of their original sentences. Theoretically, at least, that keeps the cons under better control for longer periods of time and reduces the rate of recidivism.

I say theoretically because, in practice, parole fails more than it succeeds.  There aren’t enough resources to properly supervise released felons, and even the violent felons slip away from the system.  Part of this comes from a system overloaded with drug offenses, and part of it from cost-cutting, but parole even in the best of circumstances cannot keep violent people from being violent.  The overall result is that the system routinely fails to protect the public from known violent offenders.  Holding those offenders in prison to the end of their sentences is the most rational option.

Martin displays a pattern of insensitivity to taxpayers while apparently feeling more responsibility to convicted felons.  It’s another reason to act now to help re-elect Saxby Chambliss to the Senate.  You can help by contributing to Saxby Chambliss here or at the NRSC, and learning more about Martin’s record here.

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