The message that Republicans ought to be getting out is that no taxes without attendant cost cutting. But the whole environment in Dc is against that. The region around DV is the only “growth areas” in the country, at least for the housing market. A ten-percent reduction in wages for government workers would crash that economy. But all across government, there is a growing obsession with additional controls on the citizenry. Really the only thing that government can do is to make more law as they desperately keep digging deeper.
The other message: A simplified tax code with low tax rates is best for all, and will alleviate being at the mercy of Democrats passing legislation every year.