“You just need to understand that the Demos
crave middle class tax money because that is where most of the money is.”
I won’t argue that...but they also fear the Middle Class, especially the Upper Middle Class, the people making around $200k, in the Blue States, that carried Obama and much of the Congress to victory.
Those people are DEAD SET against paying higher taxes. They are absolutely convinced that they already pay way too much in taxes, even if most if it now is state and local.
They voted for Obama because he did two things, he promised to stick it to the mean Republicans, and he promised that their taxes would NOT go up - only taxes on what they consider “the rich” would go up. They’re certainly getting the first, and it does make them feel good, but they are not about to tolerate the second (increased taxes). The Dems that represent them know that full-well and will not let their taxes go up - at any cost, even if it means a clean extension of the Bush tax cuts. But first they’re trying to find out if the Republicans know their bind. Based on history, the Republicans are TOO STUPID to figure out that they have the upper hand here, but you never know, maybe there will be a surprise.
I’m not sure that we disagree on much, here. My point is that the
Demos should be pressured into putting their money where their
mouth is. History tells us Demos buy votes with goodies they pro-
vide thru taxes they secure from some of the same people they
are providing the goodies to. They ‘buy your vote with your money’,
if you will, while they claim to be the friend of the “hard working
families” of the middle class. I say that if they are such great
advocates of the middle class they should have no problem with
signing on to a promise not to raise taxes on them. Let us see
whether or not the Demo pols actually believe that taxing the
wealthy only will solve the economic issues of our time.