Today I received a solicitation for funds from the Republican Leadership Council – representing the moderate wing of the GOP. The central plea was to help stop the Democrats from raising taxes.
While it may be appropriate to inflame party regulars by appealing to stereotypes it doesn’t appeal to me as an independent. I am more interested in supporting leaders who will have mature conservations with the voters about what are the necessary amounts of taxes to achieve some minimum standard of living for American citizens. (The kind of speech Obama gave about race is what I have in mind)
I support Universal Health Care, renewable energy, energy independence, better education, Clean air and water , infrastructure improvements, and other public policies that improve our lives. And this may take higher taxes, or it might take less taxes if the waste is removed from the current budget.
What I want to hear from the GOP is how they are going to be better managers of the public funds. Until a few years back they boasted about what they would do if they were in charge of the government. Then I watched them waste money on a war, tax breaks to those who least need them, Tax breaks to the Oil and Drug industries, and abuse of earmarks way beyond that of the Democrats. And to me we are far worst off than we were before they took control.
So until I hear a more realistic and specific conversation coming from the GOP I will respond as I did when I got this letter. I made an online donation to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Because even though I risk that the Democrats might tax me a bit more than is necessary I believe they are more likely to err on the side of spending more on the essential needs of society than to provide less.
Born 1950, Married, Living in Austin Texas, Semi
Retired Small Business owner and investor. My political interest
evolved out of his business experience that the best decisions come out of an objective gathering of information and a pragmatic consideration of costs and benefits. I am interested in promoting Centrist candidates and Policies. My posts are mostly about people and policies that I believe are part of the solution rather the problem.