Trickle Down Tax Cut Pixie Dust: How They Do

                                       Rogers--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jackie Cilley, candidate for governor, shined her high beams on some of the Republican pixie dust last night.

For one thing, she pointed out the obvious truth which Republicans deny that when the Republicans cut taxes, they actually do not reduce taxes--they simply redistribute where the taxes fall hardest. In fact, what the Republicans do is to concentrate taxes in  some areas--property tax and business taxes--while they resist spreading out the tax burden over those who can most easily pay. 

The new Republicans--those Tea Party mutants who have taken a no income tax pledge have simply put off limits any source of taxes which Republicans think will result in votes, while leaving some taxes high.

When you press them, they will say, well property taxes will eventually come down as well, when we reduce government to the size you can drown in your bathtub.

And what does that really mean?  Well, what does government do in New Hampshire? That means reducing police protection, cutting fire and rescue, reducing spending on programs which keep poor and uninsured people out of emergency rooms, and most of all, cutting schools--"government run schools." The Republicans are against public schools--they say you should home school your kid, or send your kid to Phillips Exeter Academy, or to a religious school.

You can understand why Republicans would not want to fund schools where the public just might learn to think critically.

So, you can pay off your mortgage, just as you enter your golden years of retirement, but guess what?  Under the Republican plan, you will still pay a mortgage every 6 months to your town and state--and you'll pay more than you would in 46 other states.

Welcome to low tax Republican New Hampshire.

And now Mr. Romney has shown his hand: Paul Ryan is his new best friend. You remember Mr. Ryan--he's the man who pushed legislation to kill Medicare, to replace it with Coupon Care. The Democrats wouldn't let him do it, but Kelley Ayotte and Frank Guinta were all for it. And Mr. Guinta, being a good Republican wants to kill Social Security--says he doesn't want his kids to ever even learn there ever was such a nasty  program in this country.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are charging hard to crush rampant voter fraud (aka voting while poor, black or Democratic) and their next target, as the man says, is rampant Food Stamp abuse by pixies.