Time to call the Democrat's bluff

Every day some Democrat politician calls for repeal of the Bush tax cuts. Usually those calls are sandwiched between the words "taxcuts for the wealthy" and "leaving the bill for our children to pay". Today is Barack Obama's turn (read it here). Mr. Obama is positioning himself as a reasonable Democrat in order to appeal to centrist voters. But the code words in his comments give away the fact that he is just another Democrat that thinks the government knows best what to do with your money. He begins by saying he wants to cut pork. Anyone who doesn't own pigs would agree with that approach. Obama claims that delaying or repealing the tax cuts for the wealthy (primarily millionaires) could save the nation tens of billions of dollars. He believes tax cuts, which have stimulated our booming economy (raising tens of billions in tax revenues), are "fiscally irresponsible policies", creating debt just as pork projects like Alaska's "Bridge to Nowhere" do. He equates Republican hesitance to raise taxes with the politicians love of pork.

I say it's time to call their bluff. President Bush should announce a new "Get America Out Of Debt" program...................call it "Millionaires Saving America's Future" and appoint former Presidents Carter and Clinton as co-chairpersons. Those two pillars of truth would call on any and all "rich" persons who do not like their tax breaks to give the money to the treasury where it would be recorded as "Payment Against America's Debt". The only catch would be that all payments must be accompanied by a declaration of how rich the donor is and the donor's political party affiliation........sort of a "put up or shut up" policy.

Democrat millionaires are always saying they pay too little in taxes. Let's make it easy and attractive for them to pay more.............but on a volunteer basis. Then allow Vegas to fix odds and take bets on whether Republicans or Democrats gave more.