See, the thing is, Reaganomics *does* work, if you're starting from a top marginal tax rate over 70% (before the JFK cuts, the top marginal rate was a whopping 91%!!) - but taxes are like fingernails; cut too far and you have to accept the possibilty of bloody stumps. ;]
Problem is, all the conservatives I read have thrown the GOP under the bus. The split between Republicanism, conservatism, and Bush-ism is left as an exercise for the reader.
I also find it funny that the holy grail for the Ds has always been "socially liberal but fiscally conservative." My experience is that down south, just the opposite is true (see Mike Huckabee, and don't count him out like those idiots at NBC and the New York Times.)
I tend to think of fiscally conservative more in the balanced budget, don't spend it if you don't have it realm.
Basically, let's pick the important stuff* and pay for it. Once we've saved up a little bit, let's go pay for some more stuff.
Our deficit shouldn't be 9 trillion. We shouldn't be burdening generations to come.
We've got to suck it up and if that means raising taxes, so be it. And that comes from a guy who lives in a city where we were ranked last among 150 major American cities when it comes to income taxes.
And I know that not everyone agrees with that, and I'm fine with that. I'm open to new ideas and if someone can convince me of another way to do things, I'm all ears.
I'd just like to talk about it instead of assuming that because I had a D or R or I after my name that I have to believe a particular dogma or vote a certain way.
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Problem is, all the conservatives I read have thrown the GOP under the bus. The split between Republicanism, conservatism, and Bush-ism is left as an exercise for the reader.
I also find it funny that the holy grail for the Ds has always been "socially liberal but fiscally conservative." My experience is that down south, just the opposite is true (see Mike Huckabee, and don't count him out like those idiots at NBC and the New York Times.)
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Basically, let's pick the important stuff* and pay for it. Once we've saved up a little bit, let's go pay for some more stuff.
Our deficit shouldn't be 9 trillion. We shouldn't be burdening generations to come.
We've got to suck it up and if that means raising taxes, so be it. And that comes from a guy who lives in a city where we were ranked last among 150 major American cities when it comes to income taxes.
* - YMMV.
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I'd just like to talk about it instead of assuming that because I had a D or R or I after my name that I have to believe a particular dogma or vote a certain way.
Let's talk!
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