Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Democrats plan to get Republicans to Raise Taxes

06-22-2012, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RichieLion

An article in Townhall, plus a couple of linked stories, immediately made me think of our own resident Kahuna who won't listen to anything to do with the economy unless there's a caveat that we must raise taxes first and foremost, and there's can be no real discussion on that because it's just plain ol' doggone common sense.

Then I come across these articles where Democrats agree that that's their game plan.

They need to seduce Republicans to go along with tax hikes to grow government. Reduce spending?; who's kidding who; not in the game plan.
Reveal Republicans as breaking their no new taxes rule and help themselves to the cash at the same time. it's a win-win.

Democrats Admit their Top Goal Is Luring GOP into a Tax-Hike Trap, so Why Are some Republicans Stupidly Helping to Make that Happen? - Daniel J. Mitchell - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary

The Sun Rises in the East, the Pope is Catholic, Democrats Push for Tax Hikes�and Republicans Often Are the Stupid Party � International Liberty

The Democrats� Hidden Long Game | TPM Editors Blog

There's more interesting hyper-links in the main story if you're more curious.

It looks like all the "automatic" spending cuts and tax increases are going to happen on January 1. Not one member of Congress is talking about doing anything about it. Nor have either of the candidates for POTUS mentioned the looming problem.

The result will be pretty disastrous for our economy. But all that is avoidable if the Congress got to work and did what they were elected to do...all of them...both parties. That will require negotiation and compromise.

It's not likely that either party is willing to do that...they have refused to do that many times in recent years. So when it happens, the next best thing will be to blame the other political party. Get ready. It's going to happen and all the partisans on both sides will be outraged.

Hey, it's not going to happen for another six months, Richie, and you're already outraged.