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Steny’s groundwork on raising taxes.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 PM  | 

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Quick: what does a video like this signify?

Yup, it’s a helpful warning that you’re about to be reminded that you shouldn’t believe Democratic politicians when they promise to not raise your taxes.

Take it away, Steny! No, really, take it away: we don’t particularly want this.

Tax cuts that benefit the middle class should not be “totally sacrosanct” as policymakers try to plug the nation’s yawning budget gap, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Monday, acknowledging that it would be difficult to reduce long-term deficits without breaking President Obama’s pledge to protect families earning less than $250,000 a year.

[Snip of blather about temporarily 'extending' the Bush tax cuts, probably at the same time that they create and pass a budget this year. Oh. Right.]

“We’re lying to ourselves and our children if we say we can maintain our current levels of entitlement spending, defense spending and taxation without bankrupting our country,” Hoyer says in remarks released in advance of a Tuesday speech sponsored by Third Way, a Democratic think tank.

So let’s gut entitlement spending! – Oh, I slay me. Like that will ever happen under a Democratic Congress. Likewise, cutting defense spending in this current atmosphere would be not so much touching the third rail for Democrats as it would be licking it. That leaves tax hikes… which we all know was the goal all along. Odd how that always seems to be the answer for Democratic politicians, particularly when what’s at stake is keeping public sector unions* happy. Keeping all that in mind, let me offer a counter-proposal. My alternative is that we flip Congress in November (which explicitly includes replacing Steny Hoyer with Charles Lollar); burn away entitlement spending all the way down to bedrock, with a grand, Chris Christie-like indifference to whether this makes us more loved; maybe trim some of the defense budget back; and not raise taxes at all.

And, oh yes, propose and pass a budget. I cannot believe that the Democrats think that lowering the bar of better governance that low was a good idea.

Moe Lane

*In a happier world, ‘public sector union’ would be an oxymoron. If not evidence of a psychotic break.

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • The Old Dog

    of the public to increasing everyone’s taxes. This is the standard M.O. for the 0bama administration to see how another broken promise will fly with the sheeple. It’s always fun (and sad and horrifying all at the same time) to see how 0bama slides around on this particular campaign promise by renaming something a revenue enhancement or a user fee or some other smoke and mirrors wharrgarbl.

    No one is surprised that 0bama wants to raise taxes, especially now that the public is pushing back on the ever expanding deficit. In fact left wingers don’t even blink at the thought because tax increases were always part of the overall plan (paying taxes is patriotic, yeah right). I was reading some comments a few days ago on one of the lefty websites (I try, even though I try to keep my blood pressure down, to see what they are up to) and one of the responders wrote that they had no problem, in fact thought it was necessary to lie to the public in order to get more lefty legislation passed.

    We are not dealing with pragmatists, we are dealing with zealots – a much more dangerous and sneaky adversary. They need to be called out at every opportunity to show their zealotry has nothing to do with what is good for the country but what they think is good for them – which is usually tied to government expansion, throttling the opposition and creating public dependency on the government. They see this as their keys to stay in power.

    I know I’m preaching to the choir – but I feel a lot better now!

  • E Pluribus Unum

    In that unbearable “Tale of Two Cities”, I believe we had it in the first 10 pages that Carton was going to trade his life for Darnay. That was pretty interesting. It was the following 800 pages.(ok, that’s what it seemed like) that just sucked the life out of you.

    Dems, same way. Since before they even jammed Porkulus down the throat of America, you already KNEW they were gonna use it to justify tax hikes. It’s just this 16-month kabuki dance that has been insufferable.

    OK, Kleptocrats. We’ve been waiting. And waiting.

    Bring it on.

  • E Pluribus Unum

    In that unbearable “Tale of Two Cities”, I believe we had it in the first 10 pages that Carton was going to trade his life for Darnay. That was pretty interesting. It was the following 800 pages.(ok, that’s what it seemed like) that just sucked the life out of you.

    Dems, same way. Since before they even jammed Porkulus down the throat of America, you already KNEW they were gonna use it to justify tax hikes. It’s just this 16-month kabuki dance that has been insufferable.

    OK, Kleptocrats. We’ve been waiting. And waiting.

    Bring it on.

  • gazill

    the first thing that stuck out to me was the sign. He seems to create a sign for every move he makes. I am waiting for the “Gulf Response Since Day 1 Sign” and the “Making McChrystal Apologize” sign.