Posted by
Rick on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:47:31 PM
Do you smoke? Oh! You do? You tired of paying the high prices associated with buying the premium brands of cigarettes?
You are? Well, you are killing yourself when you smoke!
Oh! You already knew that! Well, why do you do it then?
Ah! Smoking makes you feel good and it can put a shine on a seemingly miserable day? Of course! Makes sense! It is YOUR life after all, and you are NOT a robot! Well, thank goodness you DO smoke because the high taxes that you are paying are "helping" so many people!
So! Let me get this straight! Taxing an activity acts to deter the activity, right? Sounds logical! Since the activity costs more with the taxes fewer people will partake in the activity. This makes a WORLD of sense to me.
So, if raising taxes deters an activity, then why are the Dims SO eager to raise taxes on the richest among us? It's the richest among us who provide the capital for the rest of us to work, i.e. they buy the products that we produce, especially the HIGH-END products.
Yep! Doesn't make sense to me.
What's that? Yep! If the economy tanks in the early months of '09, and a Dim is sitting behind-the-desk in the Oval Office, he/she is likely to blame Bush for the problem and throw his/her shoulders in the air and then point a finger at GWB.