Drink a shot every time you hear the word “tax”.
Dems trying to get votes? You’ll be sober all night.
- - - - - - - - -
I dunno. Over at DU there’s endless discussion about taxing Wall Street, taxing the billionaires, acquired wealth tax, higher luxury tax. I’ve come to think of DU as a bunch of people in poverty, envious of anyone earning an average income. Redistributing wealth on a massive scale is well thought of over there.
I cannot understand how anyone could consider voting for any one of these Democrats. I cannot understand why people aren’t defecting from the party in droves right now. They are wholly misinformed and maleducated even on what it would take to fix the issues they claim to care most about.
The Democrats are obstructionist; they have accomplished nothing since taking the House. No prison sentencing reform bill. No money for border security or money for food, shelter, medicine for people crossing the border. No infrastructure bill that would pour money into their districts (I am glad it failed but shows they care more about hurting Trump than anything). Schools are failing everywhere. Government computer systems are being taken over by hackers for ransom. They broadly advance more government and more taxes as the solution to everything but then let them fall into neglect only to ask for more money and more control!
One of my favorites one is this: Let’s raise taxes so we can forgive student debt and give away free college - so that the people who had their debt forgiven and free education can pay their student loans in the form of higher taxes!
How about “Free Medicare”: In other words, make all doctors employees of the government? Yeah, that’s gonna work out just great - make health care as good a product as a public school. The Democrats had a chance, they rammed Obamacare down our throats and promised greatness. They had a chance to give universal health care but all they really gave us was mandatory health insurance - no guarantee of actual health care! They forced this on us without 1 single GOP vote. Now they want to try it again? Why on earth should anybody trust them?
The solution in almost all cases is competition. Competition makes better products. Monopolies make bad products. Even a Democrat should be able to understand this. But, they constantly vote against what they know to be true.
You’re right. They will have “raising taxes”in invisible thought bubbles over their heads. But their honeyed words probably won’t include the t-word. If you want a buzz, pick a different drinking word, like reparations or Medicare for all.