(02-17) 13:04 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) —
Republican John McCain says there will be no new taxes during his administration if he is elected president.
Read his lips.
McCain told ABC’s “This Week” that under no circumstances would he increase taxes, and added that he could “see an argument, if our economy continues to deteriorate, for lower interest rates, lower tax rates, and certainly decreasing corporate tax rates.”
No surprise: he emphasizes as a certainty a cut in taxes for corporations. Don’t see him being as emphatic when it comes to cutting taxes for, say, middle class citizens like myself who are always passed over for tax cuts.
Funny, isn’t it? This upside down, bizarro world we’re living in where Republicans stand for both huge increases in federal spending and large revenue cuts benefitting the richest corporations; resulting in a sea of red ink. Gosh, I thought that Democrats were the ones who spent like drunken sailors…
I think the problem is that Democrats spend, but are willing to raise taxes to pay for that spending.
Republicans have it right: spend. Period. Full stop.
I think that thinking resonates more with the general public.