I haven't written a diary here in a short while, and I've been patiently waiting for people to make certain arguments and they haven't been. I suspect this has more to do with people knowing more than I do, and a discipline about not muddling the argument (I think Obama is one of the most disciplined campaigners we've had in a long, long time).
Anyway, this diary is as much a diary as it is an invitation to others to participate, to brainstorm, arguments that Obama/Biden could be making but haven't been. And who knows, perhaps after his post-debate scotch Biden will visit DKos and see some of our ideas (doubt it - though an advisor might).
Below for my top two:
- McCain and Palin keep making hay over the need to cut taxes, that this helps job creation and so on. Where the hell is the evidence to the contrary, like the golden-ass-egg of an example laid by Bush. He cut taxes across the board, and our economy is in the process of squeezing one enormous dump on the middle class (and its children, as they will have the task of paying China back its $700 billion). Where are the so-called jobs?
Point out that all these tax cuts have produced nothing.
- Yes - paying your taxes is patriotic. Making the friggin' Post Office work is not redistributionistic philosophy. Neither is making roads or building/fixing bridges. It would have been golden if Biden has wondered aloud if distribution-avoidance helped that bridge in Minnesota collapse.
Taxes are called "duties" because it is a form of duty. It comes from ancient Greece, where men had three duties - taxes, jury duty, and military service.
Moreover, if you love America, why not love the people in it enough to help them get health care for their kids?
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