I’m beginning to think that, despite his squeaky clean Eagle Scout appearance, Scott Walker is a creep.<\/p>\n
I used to simply think that we had different viewpoints on government, but his proposal to fund the government with bonds rather than property taxes strikes me as completely irresponsible.<\/p>\n
I think what’s happening is that his religious fervor about lowering taxes is finally running up against quality of life issues. This was inevitable; taxes aren’t inherently bad, despite the mantra we’ve been hearing ever since Ronald Reagan started attacking “the government” as the problem. (A fundamentally un-democratic — note the lower case D — viewpoint.)<\/p>\n
Instead of simply saying, there are things we want from government (that is, our collective selves) and we have to pay for them, Walker is essentially saying “charge it,” pretending the problem will magically go way if we agree to pay interest on it later.<\/p>\n
Of course, what he’s really saying is, “I’m planning to run for higher office; let someone else live with this.”<\/p>\n
Problem is “someone” isn’t just his successor — it’s us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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