Just 12 hours ago I wrote this:
The new Fiscal commission has one single purpose: To give congressional democrats political cover for the creation of a national VAT/sales tax. Even rank and file democrats aren’t going to support this, but once there is a commission then the media will make it the “responsible” decision and the lemmings who walk with the democrats and the media will do so.
Right on cue here is the Washington post describing the VAT as responsible:
The sensible real-world answer, many economists argue, is a value-added tax that would encourage saving at the same time it pays down the deficit to manageable levels. But politicians are terrified of being right too soon on this one.
As opposed to actually freezing and/or cutting government which for some reason isn’t a sensible answer.
Unfortunately for David Ignatius et/al the public see through this stuff as Rasumssan reports:
President Obama this week formally kicked off meetings of his bipartisan deficit reduction commission, but most Americans view the commission as cover for Congress to raise taxes.
I think people might have finally decided they’ve had enough and all the MSM advocacy in the world is not going to change it.
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