If we cats wore hats, we would take them off for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who was simply brilliant on The Diane Rehm Show today.
Governor Patrick said there was no point in having opinions about why the United States is in the fiscal position it's in today. It's a matter of fact, he said — not opinion — that the Bush Administration 1) fought two wars on a credit card, 2) passed a Medicare prescription drug benefit that wasn't paid for, and 3) gave the wealthiest Americans a huge tax break at the same time. Cased closed.
Okay — so. Let's go a little further and agree on the following. (President Obama, members of your Administration, and Democratic leaders in Congress, we cats are talking to you.)
Instead of the age-old GOP demand that every increase in discretionary spending be accompanied by an equal-or-greater cut in discretionary spending somewhere else — to balance the federal budget, Democrats should insist on dollar-for-dollar tax hikes on the rich (individuals and corporations) for every dollar in discretionary spending that's cut.
That's tax hikes on wealthy people like... oh, let us see: Donald Trump. Sarah Palin. Glenn Beck. Rush Limbaugh. Wayne LaPierre. Richard Mellon Scaife. The Koch Brothers. And on greedy, tax-avoiding companies like Chevron and GE. Shall we cats go on?
If the Democrats can't sell an idea like this to an America that's hurting financially, then — well, we deserve the worst in 2012. That's all.
2 comments:
Sniffles:
I was practilly swooning while listening to the Govenor today. Was I listening to a possible, hopeful, Presidential nominee of the future? He made so much sense I almost forget he was a politician.
He is correct in making it clear that, without tax hikes on the fat cats (sorry if I insulted any cats), the country will never make up these deficits. We'd better start making some changes or we'll have to get a bigger litter box for all the crap that's being shoved at us. So I say, thank you Govenor, and let's hope there are some big changes coming in the next year if we want things to get better.
Dear Sitter Friend, We were thinking that exact same thing: Could Governor Patrick move into the White House as the 45th President in 2017? Sounds more exciting than a roomful of catnip! But don't get us wrong: We're not against fat cats, as long as they pay their fair share of taxes, give to those less fortunate than they, and work to make their community a better place. As for us actual cats, we improve the world simply by existing.
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