humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Apr 13, 12:54 pm, Agent Cooper wrote:
> On Apr 13, 9:44 am, Charles Bell wrote:
>

> > McCain has agreed to the value of those cuts, reversing his earlier
> > position.
>
> The new Objectivist view on intellectual consistency: he was against
> the tax cuts before he was for them. I see. Did Jesus forgive him for
> his fiscal sin before he was born again?
>

It is commonsense to look in hindsight favorably at the value of
something that has been tried three times, 1964, 1982, 2002 and
resulted in lower, simpler income taxes but increased revenue.
Moreover, even the cut in capital gains taxes resulted in more revenue
from that source. Objectivists would say: the right thing is the
moral thing, and look at how "practical" the moral option turns out.


> > Obama + Dems majority will make them go away earlier.
>
> That would be foolish, since if they let them sunset,

There is nothing in the rhetoric of either Obama or Mrs. Clinton that
indicates that they will wait until after 2010 to find the tax base to
support (they think) their spending plans.

>
> > But why should any of that matter to you,
>
> On the contrary, getting things right does matter to one of us, a
> great deal. Notice I mentioned the sunset provisions and you did not.
>

You also did not mention that every year Bush and most Republicans
have pushed to make the cuts permanent.