Nothing to Inherit
Friday, September 26, 2008
If I'm going to have my ass taxed off, I want it to be for big, inspiring infrastructure projects. Energy projects, school projects, projects that create jobs. Obama wasn't really inspiring on this front, choosing to focus on moderate tax relief for the middle class (that essential cesspool of wankery) instead of talking about doing anything really cool with the taxes he would collect. Well, there's no use pretending that 700 Billion of that is going toward anything remotely cool or useful. It's not that you can go with the crackpot Shelby/McCain opposition on this one (hey, it just warms the cockles of my naturally socialist heart to think that at least someone's worried about socialism), it's just that the course open to us stinks. The next decade is going to be a strictly punitive one, as we replace in a purely negative capacity what has been gutted through privatization while watching streets, bridges, schools, etc. crumble -- and I won't be working any less, or getting any closer to my own personal vision of complacent wankery, during my forced participation in this debacle. Obama will win, I really think he will. I just doubt there's going to be anything to inherit.
posted by Greg Purcell @ 11:37 AM,
