The GOP is the Problem

by BooMan
Sat Oct 15th, 2011 at 12:40:54 PM EST
Recently, we've seen more and more former Republicans showing consternation about the mental health of the GOP. Even some who still would still like to consider themselves Republicans are simply unable to stomach the duplicity and magical thinking of the current incarnation of their party. There are any number of problems. The politicization of foreign policy is a major one. But the problem that is currently causing the most damage is tax policy. The Republican Party sees every possible economic condition as an excuse to reduce taxes on the wealthy. When we were running surpluses during the 2000 campaign, George W. Bush argued that the fact that the government was taking in so much money was proof that we were being taxed too much. After all, if we're raising more money than we're spending, we must be taxing more than we need, right?
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