Democrats deserve to lose every election from now on

Filed in National by on February 16, 2015

This could be anywhere in the United States of No Tax Increases Ever for any Reason. It happens to be from from Detroit via former Delawarean Chad Livengood.

Detroit — There’s a statewide election less than 80 days away on a plan to boost funding for roads, schools and municipalities, but you wouldn’t have known it at the Michigan Democratic Party’s state convention over the weekend.

There was no visible sign of campaigns for or against Proposal 1 during a gathering of nearly 1,400 Democrats at Cobo Center. And nearly a dozen Democratic Party leaders who spoke on stage Saturday afternoon did not utter a single word about the looming sales tax vote on the May 5 ballot.

Steve Cook, president of the Michigan Education Association, which has endorsed Proposal 1, noticed the absence of campaigning for the ballot initiative at the state convention.

“I don’t know what the reason for that is,” Cook said. “It could be (they’re) reading the handwriting on the wall.”

Democrats and their allies in organized labor, however, have much to gain politically if voters green light an increase in the sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent, which will trigger a change in fuel taxes to raise $1.2 billion more annually for road and bridge repairs.

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  1. mouse says:

    The top income rates need to be increased

  2. Robberbaron says:

    Right on mouse- The top 1% of all income earners only pay 36% of the total income tax (top 5% pay 58% and top 10% pat 70%). Unfair! They should have all their income (and assets) confiscated. That will show them. Bunch of gold bricking bastards.

  3. stan merriman says:

    At least the Michigan Dems meet. That would be a good start here in Delaware. Getting something relevant done is of course the purpose of meeting. Pretty symptomatic of a really moribund party most places.

  4. Jason330 says:

    Carney is having one of this fraudulent telephone town halls.

  5. Steve Newton says:

    @robberbaron:

    Right on mouse- The top 1% of all income earners only pay 36% of the total income tax (top 5% pay 58% and top 10% pat 70%). Unfair! They should have all their income (and assets) confiscated. That will show them. Bunch of gold bricking bastards.

    OK let’s fix this for you …

    The Top 1% owns 42% of the nation’s wealth and pays 36% of the total income taxes.

    The Top 5% owns 69% of the nation’s wealth and pays 58% of the total income taxes.

    The Top 10% owns 80% of the nation’s wealth and pays 70% of the total income taxes.

    The Bottom 90% owns 20% of the nation’s wealth and pays 30% of the total income taxes.

    I’m not a big advocate of high marginal tax rates, but if you’re going to trot out that tired old canard, then at least cite complete figures.

    And while you’re at it, explain how the Top 1, 5, or 10% pays disproportionately more Social Security, or Medicare, or gasoline, or cigarette, or sales taxes.

  6. Jason330 says:

    Getting middle class wage slaves to care about the plight of downtrodden millionaires is the crowning achievement of modern conservatism.