Cops and Teachers? THEY Don't Pay Taxes!

[paft.livejournal.com]

Wisconsin State Assemblyman Robin Vos lets us all know what he thinks of those taxpaying Wisconsin citizens who work in the public sector:

The reality is they haven’t had to pay for these things, they’re upset about doing it now, and the taxpayers are the ones who definitely understand this because they get it, they’ve been doing this in the private sector for years, it’s time we had the same thing happen in the public sector…The fact that my Democratic colleagues want to go back to the taxpayer and have them pay higher taxes because someone shouldn’t pay 12% towards their healthcare….We are standing with the taxpayers all across Wisconsin. It’s amazing the outpouring of support that we’ve been getting from the people outside the Capitol Square, the people who are in the reality of the world, not the place that we’re sitting.

Howard Dean does a very good job of refuting Kudlow and Vos’ fiction that the demonstrations are all about the cuts in benefits and not about the elimination of collective bargaining. The capper to this exchange, however, comes near the end of the segment, when a sign appears just over Vos’ shoulder on the right. Not the kind of thing Kudlow could choreograph.

It beautifully highlights the idiocy of Vos' fiction that the demonstrators are, in some fundamental way, less American than other Americans. Does he really think cops and teachers don't pay taxes, or “live in the reality of the world?”

Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes
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Comments

[mrbogey.livejournal.com]

'So, you might not be supporting unions by voting conservative.'

A good stable economy helps all workers.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

A) You would need to show that voting conservatives leads to a stable economy
B) A stable economy doesn't imply that it's stable in a good sense. Stability can mean it's stable and crappy.

[geezer-also.livejournal.com]

If b than why bother with a?

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Some things are wrong in more than one way. It's worth pointing out all the flaws in something; the goal should always be perfection. Impossible to reach, perhaps, but the only reasonable goal.

[mrbogey.livejournal.com]

Liberals favor Keynesian policies which destroy economies long term.

And look at the bang up job the left has done with Detroit, Cincinnati, New Orleans, or just about any large city that is now in economic ruin.