We are Losing the Tax Debate Even Though We’re Right

Let me get something out of the way first: I get it.  I understand.  I know that 47% of the country pays no income tax and I am fully aware that that is unfair.  I’m part of that 53% of taxpayers and I find it infuriating as well.  We exist in a system that allows half of the country to vote against the other half’s best interests.  Half of the country can vote in ways to ensure that the other half pays bills that they don’t have to pay.  It’s completely and utterly imbalanced and so far from what a free and just society would do as to be laughable.

That said, I propose a simple hypothesis that I think most people would agree with: We only change this disparity by getting more people to agree with us than disagree with us.

Accepting my hypothesis, let’s look for a moment at how we currently discuss taxes in America when the debate is between the left and the right.  The left says we need to “pay our fair share” and we respond indignantly that “we already are! It’s you that aren’t!”  The truth of our reply aside, our ability to get people to agree with us is not helped with this tactic.  For one thing, we are accepting a premise from the outset: taxes are about “fairness.”

Read more: http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2012/02/22/we-are-losing-the-tax-debate-even-though-were-right/