Eugene Coyle: "OK, closing a tax loophole is a tax increase.... Now, cutting Social Security benefits ... Yes, that's a tax increase [too]. How can the Republicans support THAT tax increase?"
You're making the mistake of trying to find literal meaning in phrases like "tax increase". They are terms of art. * Tax increase: A budget or tax policy that proportionally favors the working class. * Tax cut: A budget or tax policy that proportionally favors the capitalist class. * Necessary sacrifice: A budget or tax policy that is a direct attack on the working class. "Necessary sacrifice" is a subset of: * Reform: An attack on the working class. Therefore, closing a tax loophole that had favored capitalists is a "tax increase," but cutting Social Security is a "necessary sacrifice." It's simple, really. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, closing a tax loophole is a tax increase. Yes, obviously it leaves less > money in the pocket of the ex-beneficiary of the loophole. That makes sense, > yes, that;s a tax increase. > > Now, cutting Social Security benefits leaves less money in the hands of the > person previously collecting the amount. Yes, that's a tax increase. > > How can the Republicans support THAT tax increase? > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
