I recently did a post explaining five policy reasons and five political reasons why Republicans should maintain a firm no-tax-hike position.
Realizing I left out a powerful argument, I then added another political argument in this post.
But the GOP isn’t taking my advice. But why?
Is it because they’re well-meaning doofuses, as suggested by this Chuck Asay cartoon?
Or are they co-conspirators, as suggested by this Michael Ramirez cartoon?
Since I’ve already explained that politicians are a combination of good and evil, I actually think both cartoons are accurate.
All I know is that I would like to force these clowns to spend a couple of minutes watching this video from Mattie Duppler of Americans for Tax Reform. They would then realize there is no legitimate argument for Obama’s class-warfare policy.
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It’s interesting to imagine the elephant wearing an FOP pin and a deputy’s badge to suggest something relevant about the Republicans’ inordinate love of the police and their eagerness to merge the sheriff’s office with their party. And look, the elephant’s trunk isn’t doing anything, but in a moment it will inspect the hat for hidden wealth and evidence of vice, too.
Recent preemptive GOP purges of fiscal conservative from budget committee, and historical refusal to consider any “cuts” to pentagon budget strongly points to the second cartoon.