Posted by mair on October 11, 2006, at 20:54:04
In reply to Re: TAXES! Another campaign ad pet peeve » alexandra_k, posted by Racer on October 10, 2006, at 14:51:39
Racer - years ago my grandmother, who was actually a Barry Goldwater supporter, actually said that she wished she could pay more taxes because taxes bought such wonderful things. I'm sure she said that pre-Vietnam war.
I have developed this theory that i call trickle down taxation. Bush can refuse to increase taxes, and claim to even reduce them, but it doesn't stop Congress from passing laws which essentially require states and localities to increase spending. (No child left behind?) Governors also like to claim they won't raise taxes, which generally means that the State won't fund those federal unfunded mandates. Everything trickles down to the towns. Property taxes in my small town are truely astronomical. At the beginning of Bush's first term, one of my Senators said that if Bush wanted to truly reduce taxes for people in my state, he'd come up with more federal funding for special education.
Wouldn't it be great if someone could run on the platform of "I won't promise not to raise taxes, but I will promise to spend your money wisely?"
Mair
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