"I'm not necessarily buying into the predicate that it has to be paid for." Robert Ehrlich

"I'm not necessarily buying into the predicate that it has to be paid for," Ehrlich said. "I don't buy into the idea that when you tax a good or service at a higher level you're going to get more dollars because typically you're going to get less dollars."  -- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. , responding to a reporter's question about how Ehrlich intended to cover revenues lost by his announced plan to reduce Maryland's sales tax. - Reported April 16 2010, by First Click - Maryland Politics (Washington Post) 


Candidate Ehrlich wants to tout a tax cut without having to explain where he would come up with the reduced income - or even if there would be a reduction - or even if there had ever been an increse in revenue since the sales tax was increased. Hmmm. 


Maybe he expects to garner votes in his third run for Governor of Maryland, simply for using "predicate" in a sentence . . .