Grifters

In 1982, after signing the biggest tax cut in our nation’s history, Ronald Reagan was approached by the Democrats in Congress with a deal; if he agreed to raise taxes, the Democrats would agree to cut three dollars of spending for every dollar of new revenue the tax increases produced. Reagan, wanting to be fiscally responsible and reduce the deficit, agreed to the tax increases. The bill was signed into law, taxes were raised, but the Democrats never followed through on their spending cuts, and in fact, increased spending and the national debt.

8 years later, in 1990, after President George HW Bush made his infamous campaign promise of “read my lips, no new taxes”, the Democrats offered him a similar deal; if he agreed to raise taxes, they would cut two dollars of spending for every dollar of new revenue the tax increases produced. Bush, like Reagan, wanting to be fiscally responsible, went against his campaign promise and agreed to raise taxes. The bill was signed into law, taxes were increased, but the Democrats never cut spending, they increased it. And the Democrats used the tax increase Bush signed into law against him in the 1992 Presidential campaign. The Democrats will promise almost anything to get the bills passed that they want, but they rarely follow through on their promises.

On Tuesday, Senator Joe Manchin, who had been one of the only two Democrats in the Senate who stood up against the Congressional Democrats reckless spending over the last year and half, agreed to a side deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer which cleared the way for the passing of the Democrats $739 billion spending plan – the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act”. Manchin said that he “secured a commitment” from Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi that they would allow completion of the $66 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline carrying West Virginian natural gas to Virginia, in exchange for his vote.