The high cost of Democrats

"One is a big spender and the other is a bigger spender. The debt? Who gives a rip..."

One of the oldest political adages is that Democrats like to tax and spend. Well guess what? With this current crop of three Democrats who are running for President, two of them sure live up to that modicom. In fact, the Socialist would spend money faster than most of us could say, "Athens, Greece".

Not to worry however, and please don't try to do the math. For if you do, the numbers won't add up. But so what? We don't want to ruin the narrative. I do get a kick out of Bernie. He does not disappoint. He is proud of the fact that his programs (according to Fortune Magazine) will cost this broke nation an additional $15T over 10 years. When asked where the money would come from, he is going to tax the socks off the evil "one percenters". As for the rest of us peons, we will only have to pay an additional $1.75 in payroll taxes. That money will fund his family paid leave act.

Because I have been around for a while, I remember when "Slick Willie" made a similar promise. "I will only tax only the rich and will not tax one additional dime in taxes from the middle class!" It played very well on the campaign trail. The lemmings ate it up, bite after bite. And then somewhere in the middle of his first term, a grim faced Clinton looked into the camera and said, "I did not know the economy was in such a mess until I got sworn in. I tried everything to make good on my promise. But the numbers just don't add up. So I am going to have to impose new taxes on everyone (some paraphrasing added)."

Hillary on the other hand, is cheap compared to Bernie. She only wants a trillion in new spending over 10 years. Of course she is at a loss to explain where that money will come from. I suppose she will be dipping into the pockets of the evil rich like Bernie wants to. Only one small problem (okay, maybe two problems) - Because of the Clinton Foundation, Hillary is also one of the evil rich and, Wall Streeters are her buddies. And what will happen? By the miracle of creative accounting, the evil rich will be able to dodge these new taxes and they will come trickling down (again) to us poor slobs in what is left of the middle class.

And what about Martin? The third rung of the Democratic bar stool? You know, little Mr. "Me too!" Martin will agree with whatever the other two are saying. Only he will have a more serious and stern look on his face. The best thing that Martin could do for his home town folks is help fix the bloodshed in Maryland. The state is a mess right now. And Baltimore is nothing more than a killing field. In other words Martin, time to go. 

As unelectable as Hillary or Bernie should be, the Republicans have the chance to self destruct before November. And that would usher in the end of the world as we know it. Time for the Republican candidates to get serious about this election. Those polling less than 5% need to bow out and support the others. And Mr. Trump, please weigh your words carefully. Some of the things we say can last a lot longer than we do.