On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Remove the trickery. Make all tax rate changes permanent until a bill > changes it. It would make congressmen man up and stand beside their vote > since it is will not expire. It would certainly make citizens more > interested in the process and congressmen consider their votes more > carefully.
I'd have to argue for the opposite. I agree with removing the trickery but make tax increases and decreases sunset. Maybe 5 years. Make people reevaluate the needs, demands and utility of government programs, the health of the economy, etc. Decide what is appropriate and go on record with it. No "deemed pass", no filibuster without a filibuster. I don't think that citizens pay more attention if you say "I'm going to raise taxes permanently" versus "I'm going to raise taxes for 5 years". They just know taxes are going up. The second might be slightly more palatable for some but I think that most people know that in the current environment, when something goes up (or down) it tends to stay that way. Lets sponsor a serious discussion on the merits of the tax structure on a regular basis. It is a fundamental role of government and gets short shrift because no one wants to deal with it. Ju ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327904 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
