I was genuinely impressed. That is, until I continued the article and was reminded, oh yeah, she's a friggen politician.
In parts of the article, it seems like she may in fact be concerned with the fate of small business, but she quickly degenerates to pandering. She's quoted as saying, "Families like that," I can only assume she means $280,000+ households, "probably have two kids in college, a house that's upside down, a car payment." There are lots of families in that same situation in every income level.
She doesn't seem to get the potentially crippling effect that even a small tax increase can have on a small business that right now, is struggling to survive.
What's worse, at the end of the article, she pretty much says she's just putting up token resistance for show. Check it out:
Titus: That wasn’t an indictment of the bill; it was a statement that we can do better.
Las Vegas Sun: So if taxing people earning $280,000 or households earning $350,000 is in the final bill, it’s not a deal breaker?
Titus: “That’s right.”
Dina Titus, Folks. I understand being a politician is a job like any other, you have to keep your boss happy, and it's got to be rough when your boss is a mass collective. But still, we don't elect politicians to be told what we want to hear. We're Americans. We respect people who do what they believe is right, even if we disagree with it (barring the KKK and the Nazis).
Since we're on the issue of healthcare reform and taxes, and I've been getting some action in the comments section, what do you think? It looks like healthcare is getting an overhaul no matter what. Assuming that's the case, where do you all think the money should come from?
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