tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post3262712371818768147..comments2023-10-01T09:22:37.695-07:00Comments on Economists for Obama: Question for McCain: Effect of Taxes on RevenueDon Pedrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15438565798505041042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-91374820729547889002008-06-11T20:00:00.000-07:002008-06-11T20:00:00.000-07:00I can't speak for McCain, but see my comments to t...I can't speak for McCain, but see my comments to the post, "Is McCain a Lafferite?"<BR/><BR/>All I can say about the above comment is WOW...and that's not a good WOW.IMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929596795081441423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-78797946591898529112008-06-07T06:09:00.000-07:002008-06-07T06:09:00.000-07:00McCain needs a shill, I can be that.McCain's tax c...McCain needs a shill, I can be that.<BR/><BR/>McCain's tax cutting proposals are meant to expand the federal government's share of the economy, as per normal supply and demand. We can see the Republican strategy of socialist expansion going back to the founding of their party.<BR/><BR/>There was a short period in which Republicans understood that the best method for reducing the relative size of government was to raise progressive taxes to astronomical heights. The idea was to make the price of corporate/government partnership so high that wealth would stay away from partnering with government.<BR/><BR/>It was Reagan who resorted to the concept of the Stalinist five year plan of massive government expansion. The first idiots who tried this for Manifest Destiny were John Fremont and Abe Lincoln, and they caused the Civil war.<BR/> <BR/> In much the same way, Bush's tax cut was done precisely to partner up corporate and government in the Middle East, a plan the Reagan actually started.<BR/><BR/>So, the correct answer is McCain is a Stalinist.Matt Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404998406161097199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-89487765879048006322008-06-06T19:45:00.000-07:002008-06-06T19:45:00.000-07:00Good questions. I want to see them asked in one o...Good questions. I want to see them asked in one of McCain's proposed town hall debates.John Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06307882418054205462noreply@blogger.com