A coalition of left wing groups are gearing up today, Tax Day, to protest…in support of taxes. We say keep it up. The day of the year when virtually everyone becomes a right-wing anti-government zealot, after they realize how deep Uncle Sam is reaching into their pocket, is probably not the best day to show your undying love of taxes.
The left wing is so out of touch with everday Americans that a tax policy analyst at the Liberal Loon's Fiscal Policy Center wrote a Denver Post Op-Ed today saying she is "happy to pay taxes today."
Funny, that's the exact same sentiment we heard yesterday at our tax advisor's office.
Everywhere we look people are skipping down the street, overjoyed about the government taking their hard earned money.
There's even a hashtag on Twitter to share your joy about paying taxes. A collection mostly of left wing activists and liberal special interest organizations are tweeting up a storm bragging about how they are #proudtopay.
Go ahead, liberals, let your freak flags fly. Swing voters, the ones who actually decide elections, think you're nuts.
If common sense didn't deter groups like MoveOn.org, Colorado Progressive Coalition and public sector unions from protesting in support of taxes, especially tax "fairness," one might think polls showing "fairness" being a lock stock loser would.
A recent poll by Third Way, a centrist think tank, found that swing voters prefer the concept of "opportunity" to that of "fairness" by staggering 85-15 gap.
Yet Obama and the Left keep repeating the mantra about fairness and paying your fair share.
We say again, don't let our sarcasm deter you.
Yes, they suck. However, cutting taxes, then borrowing to pay for a war, and subsequently offering to pay for the increased debt by cutting programs designed to help the poor and elderly is worse.
That’s a cute little spew of liberal talking points.
Your problem is Obamacare costs more than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
Oh, and the constitution calls for the federal government to fund the military, but as the Supreme Court should be telling Obama soon, it doesn’t call for setting up a socialized health care system.
Even assuming you’re right about the Healthcare Bill cost vs. Iraq/Afghanistan cost, which would you rather have? A healthcare system or war? Helping people or hurting people?
And you may be right about The Supremes getting rid of the Healthcare Program, but spare me your reliance on the Constitution. The Constitution arguably doesn’t give Congress the power to do 99% of what they do, so cherry picking what laws you want The Supremes to overturn based on “the constiution” is meaningless.
Even when you take their gross distortions at face value, they lose.
The Constitution does give Congress the ability to declare war (and the POTUS for 90 days). Pretty sure they can’t regulate economic inactivity, and force one to buy a product.
First, I know Congress has the Constitutional power to declare war. However, Congress didn’t “declare war” on Iraq or even Afghanistan.
I also know that Congress has the power to “regulate commerce among the several states.” Now, you can argue that penalizing people by making them pay $ if they don’t have health insurance is “regulat[ing] economic inactivity.” But I would simply argue that Congress is doing nothing of the sort. They are regulating healthcare by exempting the people who pay for health insurance from the penalty. Whether you purchase healthcare clearly commerce.
I think this shows that my previous statement that “[t]he Constitution arguably doesn’t give Congress the power to do 99% of what they do” is correct. Arguably being the key word here. Though regarding the Healthcare Law, I don’t think its that close, personally. I may be wrong, but I expect The Supremes to actually uphold the law, the oral arguments notwithstanding. I could be wrong, sure, but the commerce clause is pretty broad.