Revenue Is a Progressive Issue
Paul Soglin at Waxing America hits it right on the head:
“We have to change the legislature. We need more progressive representation to advance real taxation reforms, not phony tax-cutting handcuffs on local governments like TABOR and all its sloganeering progeny.
The prospects are grim but we have no choice. If a movement with the intensity of
The revenue issue is a big one, particularly with people who have been swept up in the rhetoric of the “taxpayer revolt." But these people are not lost to the Republican side. There are progressive solutions to this issue; there needs to be a concerted effort at crafting a comprehensive Democratic platform on revenue reform in order to infuse that thinking into the public mindset.
It’s either that or suffer through this revenue debate under the terms dictated by conservative Republicans.
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