re: #88 palomino

It’s the current triumph of rigid ideology (bordering on religious certainty) over pragmatic problem solving bipartisan politics.

Taxes are no longer just something to be avoided in most cases to the gop, they are evil and can never be raised. Rational debate is thus closed off. If you mention a tax—any tax—then the gop/tp puts its fingers in their ears and screams, “I can’t hear you.” And they used to be the responsible “daddy party.”

i used to think that the clear cut empirical demonstration that it is possible to raise taxes and have a robust economic boom - 1993 - 1999 - and that cutting taxes will not necessarily cause the economy to rebound - 2002 - 2008 - would make some impression on people

i guess i’m naive