"Make people reevaluate the needs, demands and utility of government programs, the health of the economy, etc"
This could happen with or without sunsetting. If tax rates were locked and needed to be changed, a new bill is introduced. Sunsetting would lead to same mess now with a bunch of posturing and political games without doing anything for fear of the results. Now, if you want to argue that the tax rate goes to zero every five years. I'll sign on. That might even be a better solution. "Decide what is appropriate and go on record with it. No "deemed pass", no filibuster without a filibuster." I'm with you on the filibuster. I said it under Bush and say it now. Don't threaten. Do it. If you're the opponent, make them do it. It would be a ratings bonanza for CSPAN. "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". " We'll just have to disagree. Based on the reaction of citizens to health care and other policies, I'll stand by by assessment. "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. " Somewhat. It still gives congressmen and out. "I did NOT vote for the tax increases to be permanent" and such. It's a cop out. "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." They don't want to deal with it is exactly right. It's like political nuclear waste. You can't handle it without getting burned. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:327915 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
