Posted by
Peter V. Bella on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:49:18 AM
DEM PSEUDO ECONOMIST WANTS TAX INCREASES
It is a proven fact, not theory, but fact; borne out by real history and real economics, that lowering taxes brings in more tax revenue and raising taxes brings in less tax revenue. My question to the so called intellectual Mr. Rubin is if that is true, why are you asking for tax increases?
Since taxes have been lowered, revenues to the government have risen. This has happened every single time there was a tax cut; going back over forty years to the Kennedy Administration. If Mr. Rubin was a student of economics, history, and simple elementary school arithmetic, he would be clamoring for further tax cuts and tax elimination (capital gains, estate, etc.). But being a true Liberal who only understands the punishment of the free enterprise system, capitalism, and wealth creation, he must decry tax cuts and promote tax increases; the more oppressive, draconian, and regressive, the better.
Who pays? The Middle Class does. The wealthy, like Mr. Rubin, are able to shelter even the most draconian tax increases. The poor pay no taxes. So the Middle Class gets the burden; again. We get punished. We pay for the brunt of government waste and inefficiency. We pay for the entitlement programs that do nothing more than finance failure. We pay for political expediency instead of political effectiveness. We pay and pay and pay. We pay until it hurts and then they want us to pay some more. We must feel their pain. Hogwash! Balderdash! Equine Excrement!
If Mr. Rubin were serious about tax revenues, he would be proposing taxing the poor. They should pay their fair share, even on entitlement benefits. Seniors have to pay on Social Security, so the poor should pay on welfare. What is fair is fair. Every little bit helps. Maybe Mr. Rubin should let us see his tax returns. Let us see how he avoids paying the draconian and regressive taxes he wants to impose upon us. Maybe Mr. Rubin should propose a law that every wealthy elected and appointed official must make their whole, complete, tax returns public. Then we can see in black and white the hypocrisy he and his ilk are getting away with while proposing to cost the Middle Class more of their hard earned money; for nothing in return.