Posted on 10/06/2006 8:28:52 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
October 6, 2006 - 11:10
Do you favor tax cuts? If so, you're no better than a congressman wanting to slip the pants off a page. Worse, for that matter. That's the reasoning of Rosa Brooks, L.A. Times columnist. In Grand Old Party of Child Endangerment, Brooks argues that:
"Foley's acts may have damaged the handful of boys unfortunate enough to have attracted his attention, but the damage to children caused by his abuse of power is still far, far less than the damage to American children caused by this Congress' disastrous mismanagement of the American economy."
By "mismanagement," Brooks makes clear she largely means tax cuts:
"Though only the Foley scandal has generated substantial media coverage, the Republican-led Congress has a long record of child endangerment. Recall that from 2000 to 2005, Congress handed out tax breaks for the rich like hors d'oeuvres at a Republican fundraiser. They slashed the estate tax and the capital gains tax, selling these cuts with an advertising campaign that misled ordinary people into thinking the cuts were going to help working Americans, instead of just the rich."
You might have thought that believers in more welfare as the solution to poverty had gone the way of the carrier pigeon, but there is apparently at least one member of the species left extant out in L.A. Brooks wishes taxes were higher so we could pay for "meaningful spending on healthcare, job-creation and anti-poverty programs." Guess the trillions the federal government has spent on healthcare, notably including the out-of-control Medicaid program, don't mean nuthin' to Brooks. With standards like that, buying her a birthday present could be a scary proposition.
To summarize: unless you buy into big government, you're a child abuser. Just one more way the MSM seeks to exploit L'Affaire Foley to promote its liberal agenda.
Finkelstein lives in the liberal haven of Ithaca, NY. Download podcasts and webcasts of Mark's award-winning TV show 'Right Angle' here. Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net
Further illustrates my conviction that if gov't spending - especially fedgov - were reduced by 50%, many social ills would wither on the vine.
The left doesn't see income taxes as a way of generating tax revenue. They see them as a way of punishing those who "take too much wealth for themselves".
"Shiny-side-out" bump!
Oh..governs!You should have told me and I would go back to the early days of explaining to others why you watched Perky Katie on Today..to keep an eye on the enemy so we won't have to!
I have been so busy lately I am not keeping up, I see!!
Thanks, MEG. Good to hear from you, and thanks for the support!
My pleasure..
Have the socialist libs noticed yet that tax receipts have grown since the tax cuts? It does seem they are interested less in tax revenues and more in "equalizing" incomes downward.
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