Anti tax-cutting dogma???
How silly. In a recent debate Des Moines Register report/columnists David Yepsen pressed Republican presidential candidates to raise taxes (“yes,” I can hear him scream in his own mind- “take more of my money!”). He must have a much larger salary than mine. But I digress.
He asked Rudy Giuliani: “Is this Republican dogma against taxes now precluding the ability of you and your party to come up with the revenues that the country needs to fix its bridges?”
Yes, of course, one bridge falls and it is because the liberals did not squeeze enough out of the hard-working citizens of this nation. I honestly believe that there is nothing a liberal believes cannot be fixed if they can just raise taxes a little bit more and assume a little bit more government control over our lives.
“Tax and spend” and “government is the answer to every problem” are the only two bits of dogma I see here.
It’s not that we should be negligent in making sure our bridges are safe (though I challenge anyone to recall from memory - without doing any research - the last time a bridge just collapsed*) but to expect action – and especially to blame – either Republicans or Democrats, the President or Congress, for such an occurrence is lunacy. Your state? Your city? Your county? Then it is your bridge and your concern.
Of course, such a loss of life is sad - especially so in such a startling fashion – but how many more die every single day due to drunk drivers or normal accidents? Should we stop driving completely to save those lives? No, of course not. Life has no guarantees except that it is not fair, you will die, and that you will pay taxes.
*It was in Ohio in 1969- almost 40 years ago.
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