Sigh. I will not eviscerate GHWB like many do here, I view the man as a product of his times, but...to have him praised for raising taxes after he said he wouldn’t is beyond my ken.
That says as much about Alan Simpson as it does about George H.W. Bush.
Have always enjoyed Alan Simpson. He has always struck me as a man of character. His eulogy today was awesome.
Ohhhh, he was SO BRAVE to stick it to the American people once again.
Liberals love liberal actions.
Bush said A and did B.
Perhaps for good reasons.
And, he was - of course - lied to by liberals, who used this to defeat him.
Evidently, Repubs cannot learn that a liberal is sleazy, untrustworthy, most probably a criminal, and deserving of the guillotine.
GHWB knew it was a lie when he said “Read my lips...”
Jon Meacham’s hagiography reveals the post-election call Bush made to Dukakis.
In the following YouTube, I’ve reset the start point to a couple minutes before the admission, for context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQIZo4lj8H4&feature=youtu.be&t=2556
” it’s for our country that I fought for.’”
I believe that to be totally sincere.
But raising taxes is NOT something you should be fighting for.
It didn’t help the country.
Well, at least it worked and the debt was eliminated.
Both Simpson and Bush 41 were deliberately ignorant about political economy, even after Reagan schooled them. The ruling class will not shake its addiction to government revenues.
Go away Alan Simpson. Way past your SELL BY date.
Then Bill raised taxes immediately again in 93.
They already had waaaaaaaayyyyyy more than "some" revenue.