"Let's screw them blue-staters"

"Let's screw them blue-staters!"

And that is how Slate.com captioned this photo. I personally believe that sentiment is part of the political calculus of all decisions that Bush Co. makes, and Slate's analysis of the upcoming recommendations by the "Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform"... and, like everything else Bush has done while in office, it doesn't promise to be pretty.


Read more of "Tax 'em Till They Turn Red" here and samlpe such 'red-state myopia' as this bit of understanding from Advisory Panel chairmain Connie Mack;

When asked by the New York Times Magazine whether limiting the deduction could "hurt the middle class and discourage people from buying, say, a $500,000 house?" he (Connie Mack) responded: "It depends on how you define middle class. I don't think that there would be a large percentage of middle-income families that would have a $500,000 house."

And I don't know many dudes outside of West Hollywood that go by the name 'Connie' but what are you going to do? Yes folks, people like this are making important decisions about your financial life.

Good luck out there kids... you're gonna need it.