(03-12-2019, 09:41 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(03-12-2019, 07:13 PM)mikesez Wrote: Have you read anything by Edmund Burke or Montesquieu?
What do you think conservatism is?

Conservatism in the USA does not involve raising taxes, especially when the goal is mythical. 

Maybe conservatism is that bat [BLEEP] crazy in England and/or France. I wouldn't know.

The idea that you can build a political philosophy around reducing taxes is no older than Ronald Reagan. 
To the critical mind, it begs an obvious question: what if taxes are already too low? How would you know? If you built your political career around telling people that you were going to lower their taxes, when do you stop?
Anyhow, even Grover Norquist would permit that a conservative may raise some taxes while lowering others in an equal or greater amount.
And that's actually what I would propose. More fuel tax, less income tax (bigger standard deduction).

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