Reply #28: Here's the thing, though

[mtnsnake]

The Democratic Party doesn't HAVE to admit that raising taxes is good policy or that taxes are even good, period......just that they're necessary. We need to change people's mindsets. That is, we need to explain that we're NOT tax lovers or anything...just that we're proud to sacrifice whatever it takes for the good of the country, and if it means paying higher taxes, then so be it. That alone would differentiate us as being patriotic if you will, and the other side as NOT.

My point is that we need to turn the tables on them with the labels and with the anti-American bullshit they always spout about us. This is one way we can do that. It's like killing two birds with one stone. With our toughest issues, we just need to use the right rhetoric. If we're savvy with our lingo, we can make ourselves out to be upstanding patriotic citizens, and them to look like the selfish traitors that they are.

If we're going to continue with the current tax policies of the Democratic platform, and we should, then we need to stand up and be proud about it. To act proud, I believe we need to use the type of rhetoric I'm talking about.