This just in, Coloradopols has finally gone off the liberal deep end, saying you can never be taxed enough. A meandering and almost incoherent post by the liberal trolls over at ColoradoPols, yelling at their readers that anybody who says they are taxed too much is wrong, is a prime example of why people think liberals are out of touch with reality. Apparently the idea of being “taxed too much” is not even a debatable proposition. Why? Because they've said it over and over again.
Their breathless indignation is the very definition of close-your-eyes and lecture pretentious liberalism:
“…the whole assumption, that your taxes are “too high” at any level is, as we've said over and over, fundamentally, irretrievably, we're-sick-of-arguing-about-it wrong.
Folks, we don't expect it to become a campaign slogan, but we'll say it since somebody really needs to: your taxes are not “too high.” They are not “too high” today, and they were not “too high” in 1999 when they were last cut in in the state of Colorado. Just keep this in the back of your mind at all times: any time somebody says that you are paying more taxes, or “too much,” they are lying to you.” (ColoradoPols emphasis)
We're pretty sure the voters of Colorado might have something to say about that. How dare they think their tax burden is negatively affecting their family's budget, and thus think taxes are “too high.” What nerve!
The post was apparently spurred by another liberal rag, the Huffington Post, covering the job loss study first published on the Peak. The folks over at Pols know that any debate about the number of job losses related to tax hikes is a killer for their cause, and they are pushing back hard. But from the post it's clear that their anger from being rhetorically spanked by the Peak clouded their normally clear and focused writing. It's incoherent rambling nature smacks strongly of Charlie Sheen's rantings after being fired from “Two and a Half Men.”
Why can't everyone have warlock brains like the trolls at Pols? If everyone had tiger blood and Adonis DNA, we'd get how we have too much money in our budgets and need to give it to the government!
And now back to reality…
As we informed our readers last week, the Rollie Heath tax hike, known as Initiative 25, is collapsing, struggling to even get the required 86,000 valid signatures from registered voters to make this November's ballot.
In their desperation to convince somebody, anybody, that taxes are never high enough, the crew at Pols has truly made fools of themselves.
How can they ever walk back this statement?: “the whole assumption your taxes are “too high” at any level is, as we've said over and over, fundamentally, irretrievably, we're-sick-of-arguing-about-it wrong.” (Peak emphasis)
Good luck with that.
P.S. ColoradoPols — you're refusal to call the Peak by name or link to anything we write, even when directly addressing it, is beginning to look ridiculous now. Even Huffpo linked to us in their story today. Time to learn how to share the sandbox of spin.
We all want a vibrant, growing economy. We all want government that will act in our best interests. The differences we have are in opinions on how to best accomplish those goals.
If anyone really understood how the economy works, would we be in a recession?
Since we don’t really know how it works, we might as well call the process “Magic”.
Now, in “magical” terms that we can all understand:
The Progressives want to “kill the goose that lays the golden eggs”.
If you don’t understand why that’s a bad idea, please read “Aesop’s Fables”.
now let’s make sure to keep it front and center as the democrat position in 2012
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Why don’t you demand to know more about the semi-secret arrangement whereby ColoradoPols is essentially operated by ProgressNow — what are the legal and ethical implications of that arrangement? Seems to me that’s an exceedingly valid issue to press if you really see ColoradoPols as an adversary and if you are really interested in transparency and accountability, so why don’t you do it? Is it because you don’t want to set a precedent that would force you to reveal that the Peak operated under a very similar scheme?
Until you press that point, I’ll continue to view ColoradoPols and the “Peak” as two peas in a pod. … two actors in the same kabuki theater cast. … Tweedledee and Tweedledum. …
to let Peak know how to improve transparency. That’s not really at all what the post was about, but your nonsensical and non-topical rants add color and local flavor to the Peak. Thank you Mucus!
I’ve certainly wondered who is behind the Peak. It’s definitely been the topic of conversation at my county party meetings. I’ve got my suspicions.
But it’s not even close to compare them to ProgressNow’s ColoradoPols. Other than the Independence Institute, which is mostly filled with registered libertarians, what group would the Peak be tied to?
I wish there was a conservative version of ProgressNow, but there isn’t. I can’t believe Republicans have yet to wake up and create a similar infrastructure, but they haven’t. Hopefully they will some day.
for the lack of many small, nimble groups is that Independence Institute has been that II has dominated Colorado politics for so long. However, there are a few newer groups, Colorado Policy Institute, CGAP (Co. Govt Accountability Project), and a few others.
Mainly for activism outlets such as PN, I’d say most conservative groups are more in the local and grassroots variety. For instance, Jeffco and Arapahoe counties both have about a dozen or so GOP groups each and that’s not even including Tea Parties (or as BJ would say “establishment” groups).
thank God the Peak is about to topple them for dominance in Colorado blogs. It’s a telling sign they refuse to acknowledge the Peak.
The point about taxes never being too high, now or ever, is obviously without merit and ignores economic reality–with or without this deep recession. But the bigger question everyone should be asking is what is Hickenlooper’s stance on this? Why is everyone letting him wait this out until one position or another becomes politically advantageous to him? The screws really need to be turned on Hick to choose a side.
it’s a political non-winner for Hickenlooper. Either he pisses off his base and legislative Dems by opposing or 75% of Coloradoans by supporting it. But he needs to take a stand now.