BF2S Forums It's Way Past Tea Party Time....

Or let's consider that great core GOP issue: taxes. Will a majority of Republicans ever have the courage to move past the simplistic chants of "lower taxes?" Sure it worked great for Ronald Reagan, but the top rates were astronomical then (70 percent) and the tax debate was not as mature. The American public has a huge appetite for fundamental reform, not just for rate cuts and tinkering. Even for those with a rate obsession, a national sales tax is the far superior approach because it would make taxes much harder to raise in the future. With no deductions, exemptions and exclusions to hide rate increases, and no income-rate distinctions, everyone's rate would have to be raised at once. In this way taxpayers could finally get a permanent edge in the never-ending tax-rate fight. But the real pot of gold, both politically and economically, is the elimination of the regressive payroll tax, which is quite simply a tax on work. If the Democrats figure this out first and pass it, the GOP is going to be in a very deep hole for a very long time. Even the flat tax would be a vast improvement. Regardless of the new tax plan, advocating for ground-up reform is a surefire winner, and anything less is a losing strategy.

Dilbert_X wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Read an article yesterday that basically laid out a game plan for the GOP to pull its collective head out of its ass and win back the trust of the American people. A large part of that was tax reform.

Given the US just voted for a tax and spend guy maybe taxes aren't the core trust issue the GOP likes to think they are.