There is growing evidence that cutting taxes has done so
much damage, we many not be able to recover. Republican campaign rhetoric has had
“no more taxes” as a centerpiece. Frank Luntz type focus groups tell us what we
already know; it is not just Republicans but also everyone; people do not want
to pay taxes. However, right wing political operatives took that as a party theme
and with the support of the American people, they ran with it. Grover Norquist
want the government so small he can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in
the tub and the people applauded; he means all regulations, ranging from protecting
students from loan predators to such things as environmental protection. The problem
is they cannot afford the water and even if they could the water is not fit to
drink. The result is we have moved to a point where we essentially have a non-functioning
government. Our generation is consuming the
investment our ancestors bought and paid for with their taxes.
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Everyday, I hear and see things that verify this is the
case. Painfully, state after state no longer can afford to pay their teachers,
police, and firefighters. North Carolina has lost 600 teachers last year. Workers
no longer have unemployment insurance they paid for and are forced into low
paying jobs. Sadly, we promise health care for our veterans through a
socialized Veteran Administration Hospital System but congress cuts their
budget so that cannot provide that care. Medicaid was not expanded in North Carolina
so 500,000 are without health care. Foolishly, we as a nation are allowing our
infrastructure to fall apart including highways, roads, bridges, tunnels, etc. We
also know we are rapidly falling farther and farther behind in the world of technical
development such as high-speed trains, freight transportation, climate control,
industrial waste disposal, and a long, long list of etceteras.
Republican controlled state after Republican controlled
state are reporting shortfalls in revenue collection as a direct result of tax
cuts. States cannot pay the bills they have amassed yet they refuse to raise
taxes; instead, they move to cut taxes more. Party leaders often disguise what
they are doing by claiming they cut taxes, as they did in North Carolina, where
the truth is that they shifted the tax burden from the rich to the working class,
which they did but increased sales tax. Still the people applaud them for
saying in their political ads they “cut income” taxes. They claim they are
creating jobs by cutting taxes on corporations to attract them to come to the
state. They are stealing jobs from other states at the expense of workers in other
and then turn a blind eye on who is paying for the police, fire protection, schools
and the highways, etc to support the factories they attracted. Your greed has
created an ever-increasing downward spiral. Think about it
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