As the economist Tyler Cowen succinctly notes in his op-ed Antitax Ideas Could Have Unintended Results, "Promising never to raise taxes, without reaching a deal on spending, really means a high and rising commitment to future taxes."
Every GOP candidate is promising no new taxes for my parents generation via a direct commitment to high taxes on the next generation. Shifting your tax burden to the future is the very definition of not taking personal responsibility--everyone under the age of 40 needs to ask "why should I pay your tax bill in 20 years?"
The worlds a complex place, and the GOP doesn't have any presidential candidates willing to fess up to the base of their party.
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