Taxing

Increasing the federal tax by 25 cents per gallon would raise $305 billion for highway construction and deficit reduction over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office. And initially, at least, a gallon of regular would still cost less than three bucks. Any increase should probably be phased in so as not to remove abruptly what has turned into a de facto economic stimulus program. But drivers could offset the increase through minimal conservation. Motorists hate taxes, of course, and politicians regularly bow to their resistance. But the truth is that few measures would generate more public benefits in return for less sacrifice. (Washington Post, 7/8/10)

Liberals always have the same answer to any issue or any problem. Tax it. And, of course, there is no end to the things that they would discover to spend the additional revenue on.

The Horror!
We strongly disagreed with the reasoning that led the court to find an individual right to bear arms in the Second Amendment, ending handgun bans in Washington, D.C., in 2008 and everywhere else last month. Nonetheless, the law of the land is now that people have a constitutional right to a gun in their home for self-defense. (New York Times editorial page, 7/11/10)

Imagine that. Law-abiding citizens are afforded the "right to a gun in their home for self-defense." What will those right-wingers want next?