Tired, so tired
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 By Mike Maurer
The Akron Beacon Journal calls for higher taxes. Or do they?
The ending sentence of a rather unfocused editorial is, “Recall December 1992, the jobless rate at 7.2 percent: George Voinovich and state lawmakers increased taxes to balance the budget and preserve decisive programs. The state unemployment rate fell steadily until the end of the decade. Yes, there are worse things than higher taxes.”
I’m not quite sure of the post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning there. Why not, “Recall that Ohio and many other states rode an expansion that extended over more than 20 years largely as a result of Reagan policies on taxes,” etc. But no matter. Each sees his causation where he likes.
The real question is, what does ABJ call for? If anyone can find it here, I’ll eat Joe Hallett’s hat.
Tags: Taxes
