Posted on 11/30/2010 7:46:09 PM PST by Al B.
In “America By Heart” folks will get a feel for some of my favorite writers and thinkers. One of them is the great economist Thomas Sowell. Some of you may recall that in “Going Rogue” I mentioned Sowell’s famous book “A Conflict of Visions” to explain the way the liberal or “progressive” world view and philosophy differs from the conservative view. Sowell’s articles are always worth reading, and his most recent column is no exception. He reminds us where our attention needs to be during this lame-duck session of Congress. He notes that the Democrats have articulated their tired class warfare argument about “tax cuts for the rich,” but conservatives have still not articulated our proven time-tested argument that tax cuts spur economic growth, which in turn helps everyone from all income levels and increases tax revenue as the economy grows. Sowell reminds us:
“These are not new arguments on either side. They go back more than 80 years. Over that long span of time, there have been many sharp cuts in tax rates under presidents Calvin Coolidge, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush. So we don’t need to argue in a vacuum. There is a track record.
“What does that record say? It says, loud and clear, that cuts in tax rates do not mean cuts in tax revenues. In all four of these administrations, of both parties, so-called “tax cuts for the rich” led to increased tax revenues — with people earning high incomes paying not only a larger sum total of tax revenues, but even a higher proportion of all tax revenues.
“Most important of all, these tax-rate reductions spurred economic activity, which we definitely need today.”
But as Sowell later points out, having a proven time-tested policy isn’t enough if we don’t articulate it. We need to remind people that tax cuts help everyone. And we should also remind the Democrats that many of the so-called “rich” they’re dismissing are our small business owners who account for 70% of all job creation in this country. At a time when we need job growth, we should not target job creators with tax hikes. Closing our deficit gap requires us to cut spending, but we also need to spur economic growth. With that in mind, the last thing we should do is hamper our economic innovators and entrepreneurs with excessive taxes, overly burdensome regulation, and more uncertainty. This is not a difficult argument to make. It’s common sense.
- Sarah Palin
Man, she sounds WAY too dumb to be president. </sarcasm>
What’s this “extending” crap?
What’s wrong with the word “permanent?”
Permanent works for me!
Man, she sounds WAY too common, exactly who we need to be president....She does read Thomas Sowell articles, the same ones we at FR are reading too!
Where did she say “extending” anything? or are you talking about the tax cuts issue in general?
Well now, hold on Sarah, I need to read what Mitt and Newt say first before I make a decision on your latest post. Oh, never mind.
Just picked up ‘Dismantling America’ by Sowell from my library today. Heading to bed early to start reading!
Love him! Love Sarah! :)
Did you get “America by Heart” as well? It’s great and explains how Sarah will win independents over to conservatism without losing principles
Her article makes me want to vote for Thomas Sowell, the person whom she relies on for the basis of her Facebook post.
do you just hate women? or is there a point to your PDS?
Can’t wait to troll around FR looking for Palin threads to crash...eh?
Professor Sowell is a national treasure, and shouldn't lower himself to the level of running for political office, IMO.
The problem we face is this: The people that get into politics, as a general rule, have no business in it. The people that should be in it, have no desire-- which is why they'd be perfect for it.
"Politician" should not be a career choice. It should be a temporary calling, and then discarded.
To clarify, I agree with what she said on her Facebook.
It is as good as many of the blog posts we have on this forum.
I agree.
I want politicians to desire the office. But they scare me when they want it too much.
She sound like Reagan, but unlike reagan she has always been a conservative!
It’s obvoius to me that this EarlJam and others are paid democrats.
so why do you want her to reinvent the wheel?
It was a decent blog post, as good of a blog post that you or I could probably write.
Sowell ping
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