What incentive do politicians have to make taxes more painful?
Sure, maybe Ron Paul or his conservative equivalent might want to send a message. Paul used to file all sorts of bills that never made it to the floor for a vote. These regressive sales taxes are even more hopeless than ending the Fed or legalizing pot. Actually, the latter might happen in our lifetimes. It sure has a better chance than a VAT or national sales tax.
First off, sales tax is not ‘regressive’ unless you expect that the owner of the hardware store is going to enquire about your income before you buy a hammer. And then charge you more if you earn less.
Beyond that, I’ll just put your hopeless self on the don’t-call-me-if-it’s-difficult list whenever it’s time right some more wrongs.
Ending slavery, allowing women to vote, etc.
Even the right to carry in many states was considered ‘hopeless’ no long ago. Thankfully here in WI it was accomplished through such hard work.
Governor Walker proved you don’t have to be a billionaire or an Ivy League muckity muck (or even have a degree) to make hard things happen. He has done the downright impossible multiple times: slew the public union Goliath, balanced the budget, won an unprecedented recall fight, embarrassed the slash-n-burn Trump machine at our state level, etc.