Stacy McCain asks What We’ve All Been Asking Since We Were Seventeen or Thereabouts…

“Who’s FICA? And why are they taking my money?” Actually, he asks about the income tax in general, given that almost 50% of Americans don’t pay income tax. This is not a bug; this is a feature. The income tax is a specifically progressive structure. It exists to do two things: Feed the Beast Give… Read More Stacy McCain asks What We’ve All Been Asking Since We Were Seventeen or Thereabouts…

Why Newt Won.

Erick Erickson casts everything in terms of the base in revolt (h/t: memeorandum) against “a milquetoast moderate from Massachusetts” (a phrase so good, Erickson can’t resist repeating it). In every way in the last two weeks, Romney has signaled he won’t fight for the base. He looks like a lost child when trying to answer… Read More Why Newt Won.

If Some of the Blogs I Read Were Teenage Girls and the 2012 GOP Primary were the Senior Prom…

…Ace of Spades would be the one still upset that her football-star boyfriend is out of the running for Prom King, due to an academic supsension, even though, like spluh! he’s obviously better looking and cooler than anyone else, and they’re all just jealous for not seeing it. …Other McCain would be the one constantly… Read More If Some of the Blogs I Read Were Teenage Girls and the 2012 GOP Primary were the Senior Prom…

The Republican Party Returneth, Like a Dog, Unto its Own Vomit. But it Doesn’t Matter.

Stacy McCain links this damning comparison of the 2012 primary election to the 2008 primary election. I’m thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party’s elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling to… Read More The Republican Party Returneth, Like a Dog, Unto its Own Vomit. But it Doesn’t Matter.