just to clarify a little on dean...
appaprently his mo was to raise taxes other than the income tax. he raised property tax to pay for education and raised some other taxes, too.
he just highlights the fact he was pretty easy on the income tax.
you coulda saved us all a lotta time if you just knew why you disliked the guy rather than just attack him our of instinct.
anyway, i sense a republican disconnect.
on the one hand, the pubs argue you can't balance a budget by raising taxes. on the other hand, dean did it. every year.
so, the pubs are either wrong about dean raising taxes or they are wrong that you can't balance a budget by raising taxes.
either way, they are wrong.
now, i don't pretend to want taxes raised. i want spending cut. the hackers who ignorantly support their own party while havingfun hating the other party don't realize their own party is raping them, too.
that's why i don't support either the demicans or the republicrats. the rape and pillage america, they just use different rhetoric to appeal to different folks.
i'm one of the few who just wants the pillaging to stop and don't value "feel good," worthless rhetoric.
balance the budget. that's all i care about. if the republicans can do it, great. but they aren't. they can't. bill clinton almost did, but he created a bubble so large and unsustainable that his actions may well financially crack america down the road.
neither one wants to balance the budget.
dean has a balanced budget track record. i like that. i may not like everything about him, however, i do rank fiscal responsibility high on my list at this point in history - so it is important.
wrt to taxes... let those who own 10% of the stuff in america pay about 10%, those who own about 50% pay about 50% and those who own about 70% pay about 70% of taxes.
that seems eminently fair to me.
my hope is that spending would be cut to essential, value added services and programs, special interests would be dissed so they don't soak up billions and taxes moderated on all folks.
that's a wish. imho, the NEED is to balance the budget.
or the crack in america started by bill clinton will become a gaping hole in the next few years. |
