Sunday, September 26, 2010
An effective and pleasing tax policy
Mark Sumner has posted a diary at the Great Orange Stan that should remind the adults what the Republicans have been trying like hell to make people forget these last 30 years, taxes are a necessary part of an effectively functioning economy. But it his opening that I really like.
Wall Street is upset. Sure, they were handed a trillion dollars. Sure, their industry was pulled from the toilet, propped up, dried off, and allowed to return to its never-ending party. Sure, they're looking forward to what may be the biggest bonus year ever while the rest of us are dealing with a little thing called a recession. But hey, they are upset that people have been talking mean about them. They don't like that. They don't like that so much that they're pouring record levels of money into Republican campaigns, just to make sure that Democrats get the point.This is the way to go and the first step has to be the destruction of the Republican/Teabag Party.
After all, being "too big to fail" means never having to say you're sorry. Heck, it means never having to face up to the fact that you failed at all. It certainly means that guys wearing Alexander Amosu suits don't have to say thank you to the people digging ditches, flipping burgers, or sweating out a stint of unemployment. You know, the people who chipped in so that the Wall Streeters could keep their jobs. Being too big to fail means being able to go on pretending that you're a tough, take care of yourself, fiscal conservative and that this little bump never happened. It certainly means that you don't have to be the least bit contrite, or demonstrate any sense of either guilt or gratitude.
And I absolutely agree. They don't. There's only one thing I want from these guys -- I want to tax the holy crap out of them.
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