So Many Fooled

During the election I remember one person commenting how she could never vote for Romney.  She argued that Romney was going to take away her mortgage interest deduction, and she just couldn't survive without it.  Obama helped spread that myth with lying political ads that had Romney planning higher taxes for the middle class (Newsmax.com).  Of course, it always amazes me that people seem to forget that Democrats never cut taxes.  In fact they always raise them.  Clinton did it, after promising he would cut them (NYTimes), and Obama has already raised taxes on all Americans after he promised he wouldn't.  Forbes has two reports on this, one describing how ObamaCare is the largest tax increase in history (article here) and another talking about raises for people who make less than $250,000 per year ( article here).

So it was no surprise to me when the mortgage interest deduction, which was a major factor for the above mentioned Obama voter, may now be threatened (NYTimes).  It always makes me wonder why so many can be fooled by Democrats so easily.   Honestly, can anyone point to the last time there were meaningful across the board tax cuts from Democrats?  And I don't mean deductions for doing certain things, like hiring people, installing solar panels, or buying an electric car.  Those aren't cuts; they aren't even refunds.  They are tiny amounts of tax money given back to someone who already paid a ton in taxes for doing something the government wants you to do.  When I say tax cuts I mean your income tax rate going from fifteen percent to ten percent, a true reduction in how much the government steals from its citizens (and it is stealing.  Tax payers see little to no return for the money that is confiscated from them.).  The last Democrat to cuts taxes was JFK.  That was a long time ago.

The sad truth is Democrats play off of the citizenry's ignorance, which was created by the progressive school system and human nature in general.  Humans want things to be easier; it's why people have been successful inventing items that simplify tasks.  Ergo, it's a lot nicer to have someone tell you what to believe, rather than educating yourself.  Reversing this is going to take a huge effort.  Americans have to relearn that when something is hard it is worth having; things that are given are worthless (how to do this is something many, including myself, are currently formulating).  Till then, people will be content allowing the Democrats to sell them the false promise of progressivism.