Posted by Racer on October 12, 2006, at 10:08:12
In reply to Re: TAXES! Another campaign ad pet peeve » Racer, posted by mair on October 11, 2006, at 20:54:04
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> 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?"
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> MairI'd vote for someone using that slogan!
(Wait. I did vote for him, didn't I? Didn't Fritz Mondale say, "I'm going to raise your taxes. If he were honest, he'd tell you he's going to raise taxes, too. The difference is I'll spend them more wisely?" Something like that?)
(You know, I really liked Mondale. Always did. Guess I'm weird -- he barely carried his home state, but I liked him so much I'd have voted for him twice.)
Still, that's a great idea, and I wish it would work. Or, I wish someone would try it, so that we could see if it worked. I get so cynical, and I think that people treat the phrase "no new taxes" as a sort of mantra rather than an actual idea. "He's going to raise taxes!" is used in place of some other disparaging remark. (Everett Dirksen said his opponent's sister was a thespian, and people figured that was reason enough to defeat the poor guy. Especially since he also said the opponent matriculated at college. Obviously a sinkhole of morality, huh?) Communists aren't scary anymore, better call him a tax-raiser!
Thanks for chiming in, Mair.
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