Goldwater Hypocrisy

I am convinced the Goldwater Institute thinks we’re stupid. Why else would they complain about the Governor’s reasonable tax proposals that do exactly what tax policy is supposed to do: encourage development and behavior change? How disingenuous it is for them to complain about any tax cut program when they have championed tax cuts for people and corporations who don’t need them as recently as, oh, last week?

How are we to square Goldwater’s argument for their tax cuts that give a family with an annual income of $50,000 nothing while those make a few hundred thousand dollars get $20,000 or more with their opposition of the Governor’s proposal? Goldwater expects parents to reject a program where they can buy books, computers and school supplies for their own kids tax free while, under Goldwater’s proposals, corporations would pay little or no taxes at all while taking advantage of our schools, police and fire protection and roads.

The Goldwater Institute’s levels of chutzpah and hypocrisy continue to astound. Noah Clarke argues in a 16 February East Valley Tribune/Tucson Citizen OpEd ("Tax relief misses the target") “Targeted tax cuts may be good politics, but they are poor policy.” If that’s true Goldwater Institute, then explain to us why your proposals are “good policy?”