Not my favorite piece from Pethokoukis.....
Pethokoukis may have a point here. After all, the 1 % have made out like bandits during Obozo’s administration. I say tax increases for them, but only if the increases goes toward cutting the deficit and are earmarked for that only and nothing else. The Republicans need to focus on stopping illegal immigration. That is a winning ticket. Most Americans are fed up with our country being invaded.
There was a big discussion last week among conservatives that Pethokoukis has gone off the rails. Seems he's buying into some bad ideas. On one hand here, I agree. The 2012 tax plan was solely a debate on the top 1 percent. It was easy to demagogue. Tax reform is a winnig debate. Romney's position was a political loser. Bush won largely on across the board rate reductions. In 2016 we are ripe for a real reform of the irs....cleaning up the code, lowering rates for all and simplifying it for lower brackets as well as higher.