Rant of the Week

The Dog Must Be Walked

 

Why oh why oh why did the Democrats not demand that the Republicans pay for their wars out of current tax revenues? 

Would Americans have voted for a war that was going to cost each of them, man, woman, and child, $750 (over $2000 per household) so far?  Or would they have demanded better proof, at least, of the actual existence of weapons of mass destruction?

The Republicans cut taxes while taking on the war and then borrowed to cover the deficit.  Why did the Democrats allow the Republicans to bill the war to future generations?  Did they not realize that once Bush had run up the deficit, the Republicans, having whipped the nation into a patriotic frenzy (with, among other things, those nauseating "God Bless America" interludes at ball games), could now use the deficit as an excuse to slash spending on programs that actually benefit most Americans?

Was this planned? 

David Stockton appeared on "60 Minutes" last Sunday.  The former Reagan budget director actually advocated higher taxes on the rich for the simple common sense reason that the country's bills need to be paid.

 

One could be forgiven with coming away with the impression that there is indeed a class war going on in the U.S.: the rich are out to destroy the middle class.

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