eflatminor
Classical Liberal
- May 24, 2011
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Would you accept a deal that raised taxes on high income earners if the Democrats offered to cut baseline spending or absolute levels of spending?
First, would those cuts happen now or over some period of time in the future? Cuz whatever you're offering, if the cuts don't happen NOW, I'm not interested.
Then I'd ask if you're talking about actual cuts, as in the overall government spending less this year compared to last year, or are you talking about slightly reducing the planned rate of increased spending? If it's the latter, I'm not interested.
So, once we answer those questions, I'd ask you why in the hell would you want to raise taxes, especially when the economy is in the shitter? What do you hope to accomplish by this move?