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Democrat Diagnosis
By sage of monticello | October 16, 2007
Death Tax will live.
Mortarium for Internet tax will live (for now, even though it should have enternal life).
Part of the Democrats massive overhaul of the tax goal with the purpose of achieving the philosophical amorphous concepts of equality, fairness, and justice will not include the elimination of the death tax.
Nancy Pelosi says the emlimination would be –
[too] costly. I said everything we do is going to be paid for, one way or another. Whatever we take up on our taxation [policy] will be about simplification. It will be about fairness. It will be about strengthening the middle class
What could be more simple than elimination?
John Boehner said:
The death tax is yet another issue that illustrates the difference between Republicans and Democrats. We believe it is fundamentally un-American to tax our citizens upon their death, while Democrats appear to believe this form of double taxation is a fundamental right of the federal government
Un-american indeed. You will also be interested to know, for those who didn’t already, that the death tax is a component of Karl Marx’s policy proposals for shifting society from free and capitalist to un-free, equally poor, and communitarian.
The tax issue, given the Democrats’ continued stupidity and mismanagement of the issue, will be one which Republicans can easily use for political gain in ‘08 and ‘10.
On the issue of Internet taxation, the Democratic leadership is reluctant to pursue a permanent ban on Internet taxation. The ban would prevent counties and municipalities from assessing taxes on Internet services much like they do on phone and cable services.
The reluctance flies in the face of substantial rank-and-file support among Democrats - the moratorim bill has 238 sponsors, a number which currently requires significant Democrat backing.
The Democratic leadership’s take it or leave it policy on the Internet tax was reported on the by the CQ today:
House leaders are using a looming deadline and procedural heavy-handedness to thwart the will of nearly 240 House members who support a permanent ban on Internet-access taxes, some supporters of the ban say.
Although supporters of making the tax ban permanent almost certainly would have enough votes to amend the bill more to their liking, it is scheduled for consideration under suspension of the rules, a procedure that bars amendments and is usually reserved for less controversial legislation.
Topics: Uncategorized, tax policy, Internet, Internet tax ban |
