On GPS this week, Fareed Zakaria made the argument that conservatives are being irrational in their philosophy because they keep repeating the same statements about tax rates being directly related to economic strength, dispute the fact that taxes are proportionately at historic lows and countries with higher taxes are doing better than America.
Where I disagree with Zakaria is that the 'conservatives' are not being irrational they are being dishonest. These talking points are #notintendedtobefactual. The first evidence of this is all the socialist talk about Obama. The fact that Bernie Sanders didn't rise to power should be a clue to the fact that it just isn't true. The second evidence is all this Reagan revisionist history. If you watch the documentary "I want your money" (available for streaming on netflix) one of the first things the film tells you is that Reagan cut taxes, but they never got around to mentioning that this wasn't feasible and Reagan was forced to raise them back up. Remember when Bush Sr. said "Read my lips no new taxes"? The reason he had said that was that because the previous 'conservative' did introduce new taxes.
This goes back to a previous post I wrote about what republicans care about. The GOP tells it's operatives to SAY they care about abortion and fiscal responsibility. But they never DO anything about abortion or fiscal responsibility unless it's part of a political stunt.
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