Taxes raised with no fiscal responsibility

(PNI) Three-fourths of households will see their taxes go up on the promise that spending will be looked at in the near future. Huh?

Ronald Reagan raised taxes on the promise that for every dollar of tax increase there would be $3 of future spending decreases. George H.W. Bush raised taxes on the promise that for every dollar of tax increase there would be $2 of future spending decreases. In both instances, the taxes were immediately raised, but the Democrats reneged and spending cuts never came about.

President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have never shown the slightest interest or the required courage necessary to begin genuine debt reduction. They skirted the law by not passing a budget in three years. The president ignored his own committee's report on how to reduce the deficit.

Instead, Democrats continue to divide Americans by playing class warfare and promoting the crass emotion of jealousy. Individual initiative and responsibility no longer apply.

-- Lowell Ziemann, Scottsdale

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