re: #41 ralphieboy

I am immediately incredibly suspicious towards people like DeMint and other conservatives who say “low taxes”. “Low” is a comparative. It’s meaningless on its own. At it’s worse, it’s a constant refrain that taxes should always go lower and lower.

I want taxes to be at a level that’s sustainable, that damages neither our economy or our society, and sufficient to fund the necessary operation of our government.

That may be higher than what we have now. Climate change is going to cost a shitload to fix. However, I have faith that by effective spending and by effective administration of taxes, we can cause minimal suffering while achieving great results.

Or we could, if the GOP weren’t currently engaged in a race to see who can be the stupidest on science and economy at the same time, and if the Democrats didn’t run away from all their accomplishments and have so few people willing to stand up for common sense.