I think it is time for this Campaign and the Democratic Party to start hitting the GOP hard on a philosophy of bad governance. How can government work for the people when the people governing don't believe in the government. We need to start talking about 8 years of starving the beast and how the GOP, George Bush, and John McCain have systematically dismantled the functionality of the Government.
Ronald Reagan
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
Last night in the VP debate, Sarah Palin brought up this philosophy and Joe Biden should have hit back, hard, but didn't even mention it. This is what we need to run on. We will make government work for you. We will not waste your tax dollars.
Palin from VP Debate:
Now you said recently that higher taxes or asking for higher taxes or paying higher taxes is patriotic. In the middle class of America which is where Todd and I have been all of our lives, that's not patriotic. Patriotic is saying, government, you know, you're not always the solution. In fact, too often you're the problem so, government, lessen the tax burden and on our families and get out of the way and let the private sector and our families grow and thrive and prosper. An increased tax formula that Barack Obama is proposing in addition to nearly a trillion dollars in new spending that he's proposing is the backwards way of trying to grow our economy.
Lets rewrite the debate on Taxes. For too long the Republicans have owned the taxes debate, making them out to be evil. Lets attach taxes to Fire Departments, Police Departments, Education, Funding our Troops, Rebuilding our Infrastructure, Healthcare, Helping our Veterans, Making College Affordable and Investing in Alternative Energy.
And lets talk about taxing the people that have made money on the backs of other Americans. Why do we tax the rich more? Because they have made money off of the middle class and it is Patriotic for them to give back to those people they made money on.
IT IS TIME FOR A PROGRESSIVE POPULIST MESSAGE!