‘Throw a drowning man a brick’
Rep. Lenore Hardy Barrett, R-Challis, speaking against the gas tax increase bill, told the House, "Once again the government ... is ready to throw a drowning man a brick." As she rose to debate the bill, she said she'd been debating back and forth with herself on whether or not to speak out. House Speaker Lawerence Denney drew a big laugh when he said, "And you won." Barrett raised both arms in victory amid the laughter. "I'm tired of limping home to lick my wounds and tell people that we raised their taxes," she told the House.
