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Originally Posted by WanderingOak  You are right there. It's just that to me at least, Hoffman is a step backwards towards the Bush Administration's version of the Republican party. The main people who support him are the radical 'Tea Party' types who want to be the new face of the Republican party. If that happens, the moderates will leave the party, and either become Democrats, or give up on politics altogether. It will leave the Republican party radicalized, marginalized, and completely unviable as an active political party. |
Or, if Obama raises taxes even a fraction of the amount he will have to to pay for his current spending (let alone the colossal bill for health care) taxes will be so high that "tea parties" may be the dominant political force in the country.
Don't write off opposition to taxation as a political concept.