"We must increase revenues so we can invest in infrastructure, jobs, and education." Ever heard that? If the spending WAS on infrastructure, jobs, and education it has SOME validity. But it is NOT.
It is spent on "bribes" to stay in office. The current "leadership" is interested in 1 thing...staying in power. If it enhances their chance to be re-elected, then they pursue it. If it is in the best interests of the country, that's all the better but it doesn't have to be! Democrats are better politicians than Republicans. They understand that to drive people to the polls, you have to touch their emotions, not their logic.
That was where the Tea Party succeeded in 2010. They used the same methodology.....but unfortunately, have been unable to sustain the gains because they are a threat to the establishment GOP power structure and have been met with resistance at nearly every turn. Since it is a grass-roots organization, it has a problem......it's foot soldiers HAVE DAY JOBS!!!!!!!!!! They have to work to pay the taxes liberals are so quick to spend...and increase.
It is almost always cheaper to pay today, but the Democrats have turned Wimpy's pleading on its ear...."I'll gladly eat a hamburger today....and I'll have somebody else pay for it Tuesday!"
