Scribe calls MI Dems "Gutless Cowards" - May apply to elected Dems in other states

[Bozita]

Actually, I'm quite sure that this column applies in MANY other states.

And to think it started as a beltway disease.



POLITICS & PREJUDICES
Dems: Gutless cowards
Instead of putting forth a plan, Dems sit on their hands
By Jack Lessenberry
PUBLISHED: APRIL 27, 2011


Throughout the state, horrified citizens are beginning to grasp what Gov. Rick Snyder's budget cuts will really mean to them.

They are going to get screwed. The poor and young and most vulnerable will be royally screwed. The rich, naturally, will be just fine. You might expect the Democrats, the party of the people, the party of Andrew Jackson and Bobby Kennedy and Soapy Williams, to rise to their defense. Offer an alternative program.

Suggesting raising — gasp — taxes on those more than able to pay! Fighting for the poor and downtrodden, that sort of thing.

Yes, the Democrats by themselves are politically powerless now. They are heavily outnumbered in the Legislature. They can pass nothing. But they could stand for something. They could say, "We'd do this instead. We would balance the budget this way. We would make the sacrifice truly fair, and preserve our children's futures."

They aren't doing that, however. They are mostly gutless cowards. They are afraid to stand for anything. They lack the guts to call for the necessary tax increases they should stand for.

Charles Ballard, a Michigan State University economist, tells me, "If we were to raise the income tax rate by a modest amount, I believe that the negative effects would be very small. In fact, if we use the money to repair some of our crumbling infrastructure, and to invest in early childhood education, I believe a modest increase in the income tax rate would have a positive effect on attracting businesses."

Ballard, who understands our economy better than anyone, said that boosting the income tax rate from the present 4.35 percent to 5.5 percent, would eliminate the entire deficit.

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http://metrotimes.com/columns/dems-gutless-cowards-1.1137846

[mrcheerful]

1. Yeah the D's have no back bone bs while ignoring that MI has had an R Majority

in control since Blanchard was in office and have blocked everything the D's wanted to do every since Engler left office. But then since Englers time in office MI's news papers have all become R cheerleaders by placing all of MI's problems on the backs of D's.