Bob Schaffer: “raise our taxes and lower our defenses. That is what the top Democrat in the House just proposed the other day. What…”

“raise our taxes and lower our defenses. That is what the top Democrat in the House just proposed the other day. What must other Democrats be saying privately about the statement made by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Richard Gephardt), the minority leader, about his desire to cut defenses and raise taxes? Most of them quietly agree with the Democrat leader, but they also know that politically it would be difficult to express out loud their belief that taxes are not high enough, that middle-class families should endure the tax-and-spend policies of liberal Democrats. Perhaps they are applauding their leader's courage for standing up for what they believe, a smaller defense and greater taxes. But it seems many of them are also nervous. What if Americans learn that Democrats still stand for the 1960's style liberalism of even bigger government, ever higher taxes, and less freedom for individuals? This is a truly fascinating case in American politics today. Right now in Congress, Democrats stand in the way of a Republican tax cut. And now Democrats have made public their plans to lower our defenses and raise our taxes.”