Recession, Depression, Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Unemployment: Let’s Raise Taxes

Democrats have long cried of how dire the economy is, everything failing, nothing good happening, the country being in deep trouble and Global Warming going to destroy it all. Their answer? Raise taxes!

It was in August of 1966 that the British Singing group, the Beatles, released their album, Revolver, with the opening song, “Taxman.” The lyrics were more prophetic than we ever thought.

“Let me tell you how it will be;
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all.
if you drive a car, I’ll tax the street;
if you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat;
if you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat;
if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.”

The lyrics above from the song describes fairly close to where we have devolved in proposed taxation since Democrats seized control of the House and Senate in the 2006 elections.

All of the gloom and doom they have brayed about for years seem to be coming to fruition this year as we read of airlines going out of business, more people on food stamps and unemployment rising. Cries of Global Warming fit in too as that is blamed for much they perceive as wrong with the world today.

Democrats were barely seated in Congress before they started proposing resolutions calling for a $400 Billion tax increase over the next 5 years.

California has proposed a Gas Guzzler Tax increase supposedly to combat Global Warming. Michigan’s Congressman Dingell floated a 50-cent increase per gallon on gasoline, on top of the already outrageous price consumers pay, which may include over 50 cents tax already per gallon, depending on the state.

One Chicago Democrat even tried to levy a tax on bottled water, leading to cries of “Let them tax cigarettes, not water,” which already has outrageous local, state and federal taxes attached to purchases of that product, and bans on the use of it.

Although proposed in Australia, if the idea of a Baby Tax to combat Global Warming catches on, it is unlikely our tax happy politicians would just ignore that golden opportunity.

To garner support we are told by the Democrats that the tax increase would only effect the “wealthy,” hiding that it hits Middle Class America and has often times hurt those it is supposed to help.

In spite of evidence that the Bush Tax Cuts increased revenues and helped the economy, Democrats desire nothing more than to repeal those same tax cuts while increasing spending, leading Sen. John Cornyn of Texas to recently say,

“Everything I hear coming from my friends on the other side of the aisle is, ‘Let’s have the federal government spend more money.’ And that money comes from your pocket and mine. And I think we ought to be careful.”

To ensure easy passage of a recent $70 Billion through a reluctant Senate, Democrats, fearing a Republican filibuster, wanted a parliamentary maneuver to “fast track” it through, requiring only a simple majority to pass.

On the campaign trail, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton play the class warfare card in calling for increasing taxes on the rich, ignoring that tax increases on the rich filter down to be paid by the middle class in higher cost of goods or even job losses.

As example, even something as simple as the tobacco tax against tobacco companies is paid for by the lower income people in higher tobacco costs and taxes added per pack, hurting the very ones anti-smokers claim they want to help. An American Heart Association study claims,

“smoking prevalence is higher among those who had earned a GED diploma (43.2 percent) and among those with 9–11 years of education (32.6 percent) compared with those with more than 16 years of education (7.1 percent). It's highest among persons living below the poverty level (29.9 percent).”

Every time government decides to tax tobacco products, who are they really hurting?

The above is just a representation of how tax increases hurt the lower incomes that are supposed to be benefiting from the increased taxes, not a defense of tobacco products.

With all the cries of recession, foreclosures, bankruptcies, increased unemployment and such, the last thing America needs is to further hurt the economy and tax payers by strapping even more tax burdens on people already feeling the crunch.