tax analogy

[knabe]

if we tax cigarettes more, people smoke less of them.

should we apply the reverse strategy to stimulate economic activity?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSB_-g-GQCA&feature=player_embedded#!

 

[simtal]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012609/content/01125108.guest.html

 

[knabe]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012609/content/01125108.guest.html

"As a way to bring the country together and at the same time determine the most effective way to deal with recessions, under the Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan of 2009, $540 billion of the one trillion will be spent on infrastructure as defined by President Obama and the Democrats.  The remaining $460 billion, or 46% that voted for Senator McCain, will be directed towards tax cuts, as determined by me.  "

this sentence is why i advocate bonds to fund projects.  that way the people who support them with their own money will have skin in the game and hold the parties implementing the plan accountable.

currently, there is little accountability.  incumbents are rarely turned out and rarely is anyone fired in government.