richardhutnik said:
You understand what the austerity in Europe is, right? It is not your American version argued for, where it is an attempt to shrink the government into the size of a bathtub so you can drown it, by engaging in tax cuts and budget cuts. In Europe, programs of austerity mean you not only get budget cuts, BUT you also get tax increases. I have yet to see anyone in the American political realm, posting on forums like this, who would dare advocate that. So, are you the first to go on record to say you support both tax increases and budget cuts as a solution an country's economic woes? |
I've said that on these forums before. Though the budget cuts need to be the bulk, and the tax increases should show shared sacrifice. It's bad policy to raise or cut taxes for any indivdual group of people.
The "broadening the base" that's often talked about but never proposed because it's political suicide.
Personally what i'd like to see is something like 5 to 3 to 2 cuts.
That is for every $5 of Republican picked cuts, there are $3 worth of Democratic cuts and $2 worth of tax increases.
That's really the annoying part of the whole debate. Democrats have shit they want to cut, they just for whatever reason aren't saying "hey lets cut this stuff." Likely due to purely political motivations.