911 for 999
2011-10-21 - by
Taxes are to politicians as zappers are to bugs. They can’t resist the temptation, and they end up getting fried.
Latest example: Herman Cain. Or, as he would say, “Herman Cain!”
In their debate this week, his Republican rivals pretty well ripped apart his 999 tax plan. Turns out it would raise taxes on something like 70-80 percent of Americans.
How ‘bout them apples (and oranges), America?
For Republicans, the mysterious killer attraction with taxes is always some kind of flat tax. It always turns out to look like a way to raise taxes on everybody and cut them for rich people. It always leads to political oblivion. See Steve Forbes and, soon, Rick Perry.
For Democrats, it’s always “tax reform” – and the idea that we’ll raise taxes on corporations and the rich and cut them for everybody else. Except the public never buys it. All they hear is “raise taxes.”
But, somehow, politicians keep getting drawn to the zapper.
911 for 999
2011-10-21/
Taxes are to politicians as zappers are to bugs. They can’t resist the temptation, and they end up getting fried.
Latest example: Herman Cain. Or, as he would say, “Herman Cain!”
In their debate this week, his Republican rivals pretty well ripped apart his 999 tax plan. Turns out it would raise taxes on something like 70-80 percent of Americans.
How ‘bout them apples (and oranges), America?
For Republicans, the mysterious killer attraction with taxes is always some kind of flat tax. It always turns out to look like a way to raise taxes on everybody and cut them for rich people. It always leads to political oblivion. See Steve Forbes and, soon, Rick Perry.
For Democrats, it’s always “tax reform” – and the idea that we’ll raise taxes on corporations and the rich and cut them for everybody else. Except the public never buys it. All they hear is “raise taxes.”
But, somehow, politicians keep getting drawn to the zapper.