tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post3686458892433024913..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Annals of Spin: Where's the GOP Tax Hike?Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-65960500905849347842010-08-28T15:20:00.072-05:002010-08-28T15:20:00.072-05:00I totally disagree with TomH. Democrats should fig...I totally disagree with TomH. Democrats should fight Republican tax hikes while simultaneously unveiling new Democratic tax cuts. <br /><br />It doesn't take much imagination to design a campaign that takes advantage of the "republican tax hikes" framing: <br /><br />"10 years ago, Bush & Congressional Republicans designed a bad tax plan which gave away billions to Wall St. investors and failed to create enough jobs. Now the Bush Tax plan is scheduled to raise taxes on millions of American families and small businesses during a crippling Republican Recession. Tell your congressman this is the last thing we need, and vote for the Democratic Tax Cuts for a Strong Clean Energy Economy etc etc."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131245462692521899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-70945092341606417512010-08-28T15:16:11.872-05:002010-08-28T15:16:11.872-05:00http://fray.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/411054...http://fray.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/4110540.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-20319904618027760442010-08-27T10:09:51.713-05:002010-08-27T10:09:51.713-05:00Sorry, not buying it. Referring to Bush's 10-y...Sorry, not buying it. Referring to Bush's 10-year tax cuts as "republican tax hikes" would effectively endorse those cuts, since you would then be targeting the expiration date as the Original Republican Sin of this legislation. This frame would make perfect sense if Democrats were attempting to renew Bush's tax cut package over Republican opposition. But the shoe is on the other foot. It is Democrats who want to cancel at least part of the tax cuts. You can't credibly attack the Republican tax hikes and then fight to enact them.TomHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554349023690178856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-84051365649580835682010-08-27T09:59:29.722-05:002010-08-27T09:59:29.722-05:00Excellent idea. I will spread this around.
"...Excellent idea. I will spread this around.<br /><br />"In 2001 and 2003, they passed bills by reconciliation (the process they now decry) which required taxes to go up this year. <br /><br />Don't call it "bush tax cuts" --- if the GOP wants to call it a tax increase, remember who wrote it: the GOP. "rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-27092658613683631752010-08-26T21:07:51.718-05:002010-08-26T21:07:51.718-05:00I don't agree that it doesn't matter -- I ...I don't agree that it doesn't matter -- I think it matters very much. We've seen how such narratives/framing gets picked up by the media and they run with it and things become part of the "conventional wisdoem" -- like how "everyone knows" that Democrats are supposedly weak on national defense but Republicans are weak on social welfare.Litzz11@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843479112124843471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-79465600771496749982010-08-26T20:52:10.157-05:002010-08-26T20:52:10.157-05:00I think the idea of "tax cuts" as a Repu...I think the idea of "tax cuts" as a Republican idea that you mentioned is just too entrenched, and to try and fight it with spin would likely do more harm than goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com