tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post7471709856414081102..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: "Politics Is A Battle of Ideas, But You Advance Those Ideas Through Elections and Legislation -- Not Extortion."Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-78377499091553130212013-10-12T13:03:19.564-07:002013-10-12T13:03:19.564-07:00It's a bit cute, I agree, but of course, while...It's a bit cute, I agree, but of course, while the first definition of a tax is the imposition of a compulsory contribution to state revenue, a second definition of a tax is the imposition of a burden or strain more generally, which is not just truthy here but true. Given how often anti-tax Republicans impose undue burdens and strains -- in part because they simply don't understand what public and common goods are -- it is a rhetorical reframing that needs to happen more rather than less in the service of the necessary progressive defense of democratic good government against elite incumbent anti-democracy (usually framed as anti-government).Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-1352389718510410622013-10-12T12:18:57.162-07:002013-10-12T12:18:57.162-07:00Rhetorically, Obama's linking the financial im...Rhetorically, Obama's linking the financial impact(s) of default to a "new tax" is apt, given that the party responsible for this whole fiasco (and potential fiascos-to-come) is patently and vocally anti-tax...although, in practice, we all know this not to be the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com