Ideas Man Newt
Gingrich Finally Solves Fiscal Responsibility
Problem
by Wallace
Runnymede
A few years
ago, Newt Gingrich rebranded himself as the Ideas
Man of the Republican Party, but this time he’s
outdone even himself with an astonishingly
innovative solution.
“You know
what, everybody? We all know about the fiscal
responsibility problem, and it’s really
intractable. Too much dogmatism on both sides,
unwillingness to compromise, the whole complexity
of the situation. Mutual mud-slinging, entrenched
positions, and the politics of disagreement. Well,
you know I’m no idealist, I’m a
practical thinker, not a bookworm.
“Well, I’ve
got an idea that will solve all our problems in
one stroke. Why not just abolish taxes? You can’t
get much smaller government than that!”
This idea has
actually been quite well received by both parties,
although there are still some… shall we say,
minor disagreements.
Elizabeth
Warren suggests abolishing taxes only for anyone
not on an obscene wage, while Grover Norquist
thinks abolishing corporation tax and all taxes
for people earning above a middle-class income (however
defined) is the right way to go.
Still, it
looks like there’s going to be some progress
on this issue after all.
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