One Chicken, Two Chickens, …..
The real problem the Democrats have is that they really are fundamentally out of touch with the people they claim to represent. Take an example from sports. Most fans, even strong fans, of any team like their players to be confident, but never cocky. Fans do not like a player that shoots his mouth off and starts bragging. Fans like players that say things like, "We're taking this one game at a time", when asked about what they think their chances are in the championship game.
So Charlie "I'm Going to resign if Democrats don't win" Rangel today shot his mouth off with what he plans to do when the Democrats win and he becomes chairman of the Ways and Means committee. Talk about some kind of chicken counting.
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Democratic Representative Charles Rangel vowed to reach out to Republicans if his party wins control of the House in November, while acknowledging that they may find his plans for changing tax policy unpalatable.
Rangel, in line to become the first Democratic chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee since 1994, said he would seek to work with Republicans whenever possible. One area of compromise, he said, may be stalled trade agreements and renewal of rules that make it easier for a president to negotiate such accords.
Rangel's accession to the chairmanship of the committee would likely end six years of tax cuts by the Republican- controlled Congress. He said he “cannot think of one'' of President George W. Bush's first-term tax cuts that merit renewal. He also said no discussion would be possible on overhauling Social Security until Bush dropped a plan to create individual accounts funded by payroll taxes.
“If they want to get that on the agenda, they better take privatization off the table,'' Rangel, 76, an 18-term New York lawmaker, said in an interview. “Trade will be easy to work out some agreement, and we can probably do some minor things with the tax code.''
Now, while he talks about fiscal responsibility - not a bad thing at all, he also is doing a lot of chicken-counting that makes him sound like he is bragging. That is a tin ear in action. No wonder some Democrats are showing signs of nervousness right now.
By fiftyish, Wednesday, 20 September , 2006 @ 8:09 pm
I want my damn private account.
By Santay, Thursday, 21 September , 2006 @ 4:40 am
The Dems want the money coming to DC so they can use it for vote-buying social programs. That’s part of the reason they’re against the war, it costs money they think should be used for other (their) purposes. Of course they’ll raise taxes, they never did get that cutting taxes brings more money into the government.